Workers dealt Monday with large ponds of water in some areas that were previously flooded by Hurricane Katrina, but authorities said the pools were not a major concern.

In the Gentilly area, several inches of water stood along several hundred feet of a street near the London Avenue Canal, which was breached by Katrina eight weeks ago and continues to undergo repair.

The water was coming through a breach that was repaired earlier, said Alan Dooley, spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers. The seepage involved clear water, which means the water was not degrading the repairs, he said.

"We're aware of it. It's not unexpected," Dooley said. "We're not concerned that it represents any deterioration in that repair to the breach."

Workers were putting clay in the area to seal the seepage, Dooley said.

Adrian Rylatt, resident inspector with ECM Consultants Inc., a contractor for the Corps of Engineers, said his company was installing sheet pile walls to stabilize the ground.

"There is a sand strata underneath and the water is coming underneath the sand strata," Rylatt said. "It's under control."

In the Ninth Ward, ponding water was caused by groundwater seepage into the city drainage system in an area below sea level, said Corps of Engineers spokesman Stuart Waits. Ordinarily, a nearby city pumping station would remove the water.

"But Katrina and (Hurricane) Rita came through here and inundated the pumping station. The pumping station in this area has no pumping capacity," Waits said.

Four temporary pumps were expected to complete the removal of water within hours.

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