Presentation to New Orleans Chapter ASQ on current status and recommendations for improved flood protection of Southeastern Louisiana

1. Quality Flood Protection SLFPA- The New Levee Boards By J.M. Drake PE, CQE, CSP Greater New Orleans Section 1518 Team Website: http://section1518.asqquality.org

3. The Problem

5. The Challenge: Protect Southeast Louisiana

7. Southeast Louisiana Land Loss

8. Complex Global Environmental Changes

12. The People Governor Louisiana Legislature CPRA SLFPA East SLFPA West Bank Plaquemines Parish Government Grand Isle Independent District South Lafourche Levee District Lafourche Basin Levee District North Lafourche Levee District Pontchartrain Levee District Atchafalaya Basin Levee District Terrebonne Levee & Conservation District St. Mary Parish Government Southwestern Louisiana - TBD Cameron, Vermilion, & Iberia

13. SLFPA Regional Territories -- Coastal Boundary

14. Nom Cmttee SLFPA – East National Academy of Engineering National Society of Black Engineers National Society of Professional Engineers American Institute of Hydrology American Society of Civil Engineers Association of State Floodplain Managers UNO - College of Engineering SU – College of Engineering Tulane - School of Science and Engineering LSU - Louisiana Geological Survey Public Affairs Research Council (PAR) Council for a Better Louisiana (CABL) Nominating Committee Submit Nominations to the Governor for Appointment Senate Confirmation SLFPA Nomination Process Nom Cmttee SLFPA – West Bank: All of the Above Harvey Canal Industrial Association Our Lady of Holy Cross College Selection Process for the Boards

19. Greater New Orleans Flood Protection System

20. A Systematic Approach to Flood Protection

21. Project Execution Methodology

22. Quality Factors and Influence Diagram

23. GNO Regional Protection

24. Strategy: Defense in Depth

25. NORMAL LAKE 1.0 FT LEVEL SPH DESIGN ELEV 11.5 FT 17.5 FT HURRICANE PROTECTION LEVEE & FLOODWALL AVG ANNUAL HIGHWATER 14 FT 18 FT PROJECT FLOWLINE 23 FT FLOODWALL ALONG MISSISSIPPI RIVER GENTILLY RIDGE UNO UNO SIDE OF WAINRIGHT DR WAINRIGHT DR AT L.C. SIMON ST. ANTHONY AT WILDAIR DR DILLARD UNIV CAMPUS GENTILLY BLVD AT ALLEN DERBIGNY AT I-10 ESPLANADE AT ST. CLAUDE ST. LOUIS CATHEDRAL CANAL ST AT RIVER -20 -10 0 10 20 30 B LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN SHORE RIVER BANK MISSISSIPPI A City of New Orleans Ground Elevations From Canal St. at Mississippi River to the Lakefront at U.N.O. NEW ORLEANS LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN MISSISSIPPI RIVER B A ELEVATIONS IN FEET NGVD -20 -10 0 10 20 30

26. Factor of Safety (FS) = Capacity (R ) / Demand (SD) Protected Side: 1.8 < FS < 3.0 Structural Failure occurs at FS < 1.0 For large civil works: 1.8 < FS < 3.0

27. Hurricane Risk Analysis and Modeling

28. Compromises in Quality

29. Recent Flood Protection Assessments

31. Performance Analysis

32. Event Tree Modeling

33. Replacement Costs of Loss Analysis

34. Hydrostatic and Hydrodynamic Modeling

35. System Elemental Modeling

36. SLFPA- East Website

37. Storm Surge Modeling

38. New Orleans Levee System

39. Greater New Orleans HSDRRS

43. GIWW West Closure Complex

44. GIWW West Closure Complex

45. Parallel verses Closed Protection

46. 100 Year IHNC Project- Michoud, St Bernard

47. “ Closing the Vee” at the Michoud Confluence

48. Proposed Flood Wall Structure

49. Rebuilding Wetlands