Dolphins
Dolphins have returned to Lake Pontchartrain. That suggests the lake is in far better shape than expected after an infusion of polluted flood water from New Orleans, Carlton Dufrechou, director of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, said.
The rate of recovery of the lake is a welcomed surprise, eight dolphins were sighted near Mandeville on Oct. 11.
The effects of the pumped-out flood waters on areas near shore "have not hung around like we thought," he said Thursday after reviewing new test results.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has pumped an estimated 224 billion gallons of water from the city, much of it into Lake Pontchartrain.
October 15, 2005 9:36 AM | Category: Cleanup