USACE: Levees Better

In the wake of a report that suggested the geosynthetic reinforcement added to certain levees in the New Orleans region wasn’t long enough, the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued comments in defense of the current design. Officials are taking the new analysis into consideration, though; and if the new model and the Corps’ long-term modeling approach lead to a similar conclusion, officials maintain that the appropriate length corrections will be made.