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New Orleans is below sea level, sinking, and prone to flooding. The government has plans for pumping out water, but we don't recall anyone asking pump engineers what they think about it. Should we spend billions of dollars on pumps, levees and floodgates to save it from future hurricanes and floods? Will it work?

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We've covered many types of racing here in the pump newsletter, from Formula 1 to today's steam-powered land speed record car. Do you follow motor racing? If so, which ones?

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Counterfeit valves and knockoffs are a serious industry problem, but how serious is hard to know due to under-reporting of incidents.

Have you ever bought a counterfeit valve?

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Pipe protection in cold weather calls or heat tracing — but don't let the pipes get too hot, as one plant discovered. Maintenance crews found that calcium carbonate scale starts to form at temperatures above 140 F; the scale was clogging their water lines so much, the pumps couldn't keep up.

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With 401(k)s drying up, pensions replaced by IRAs, and the value of your house dropping every day, have you given any thought to retirement? Will you have enough to retire, or will you still be working with pumps when you are a geezer?

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