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Hear about the latest steps being taken to restore the health of Lake Mattamaskeet during a public meeting scheduled for the first week of November in Hyde County.
Lake Mattamuskeet is infested with an invasive species that has destroyed underwater grasses and decreased water quality.
Against a 100 year storm. is no 100 year storm. what we are looking at include fighting the rain event. the rain event, you mention lake pontchartrain and the levee failures. this time, each outfall canal where the -- i will explain that, the city pumps their water into the outfall canal and before that, the water went to lake pontchartrain. we put three gates at the head of the off fall canal and now we can pump we the we can keep the water out. it keeps the storm surge out. >>shepard: we talking 15" to 20" of water. can the pumps handle it? >> absolutely. what we will do, we have petroleum e...