UPDATED May 20, 2016 at 10:35 a.m. ENR has posted an acknowledgement to its story that an error in a earlier version of the story had been corrected

ENR Engineering News-Record recently posted a story about the failure of the Army Corps of Engineers’ levees during Katrina.

But it began with a false statement.

The opening line communicated that Katrina’s storm surge was greater than what the 17th Street and London Avenue canal walls were designed for.

This is false.

According to the Army Corps’ own study (Volume 1, USACE IPET, 40-41), the failure of the canal walls was a failure of the corps to do its job.

We immediately contacted ENR about the false statement. ENR then proceeded to contact Ricky Boyett, Chief Public Affairs officer for the New Orleans Corps district about our request. Mr. Boyett confirmed that what Levees.org said was true. And ENR has since corrected its opening line.

However, ENR has not added a footnote to its article acknowledging the correction. That would be standard ethical journalism.

For the edited ENR article, click here.