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New Orleans drainage crisis: Damaged turbine has been fixed but not online yet, mayor says
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/08/damaged_turbine_repaired_nola.html#incart_2boxThe repairs to a damaged turbine that powers much of New Orleans' drainage capacity were successful Thursday night (Aug. 10), but the turbine is not online yet, Mayor Mitch Landrieu said at a press conference Friday morning. Crews will be patching the turbine into the Sewerage and Water Board's power supply gradually Friday, he said.
The city also upped its emergency request for generators to 26, he said. Six arrived Thursday night. Twelve more are expected Friday and another eight by Sunday from Miami.
The generators will be used to backup the water and sewer systems, too. Those were not affected by the power outage caused by the turbine damage, Landrieu said.
The damaged turbine, which caught fire Wednesday evening, is being tested throughout the day as its electrical capacity is gradually increased, the city said. It's currently running on 60 Hz electricity supplied by Entergy, essentially turning the turbine into a power converter to help run New Orleans' oldest pumps, which work on an unusual 25 Hz cycle.