Water Returned to Lake Contains Toxic Material

by Sewell Chan & Andrew C. Revkin New York Times, 7 Sep 2005 While the human and economic toll of Hurricane Katrina continued to mount, New Orleanswas beginning to pump back into Lake Pontchartrain the floodwaters that had inundated the city. But this is not the same water that flooded the city. What started flowing back into the lake on Monday and continued spilling into it Tuesday is laced with raw sewage, bacteria, heavy metals, pesticides and toxic chemicals, Louisiana officials said on Tuesday. Read more