Apr 2nd, 2006 · St. Tammany Parish along Lake Pontchartrain's north shore is the only parish hit by Hurricane Katrina to experience population growth. Twenty percent of its houses were destroyed, but floodwaters receded quickly. Now many businesses are taking advantage of the influx, but they face an uncertain future.
Dec 3rd, 2005 · Weekend Edition Saturday editor Gwendolyn Thompkins delivers the second part of her report on returning to New Orleans. Thompkins grew up in a neighborhood called Pontchartrain Park. When the levees failed after Hurricane Katrina, Lake Pontchartrain reclaimed every house as far as the eye can see.
Sep 23rd, 2005 · Government scientists testing the waters of Lake Pontchartrain for toxins say the news is good so far. Millions of tons of polluted water are being pumped into this large, brackish, swampy body of water. But the pollution is dissipating more quickly than feared.
Sep 21st, 2005 · Researchers are suggesting that flawed construction -- not storm surges -- likely caused key floodwalls around New Orleans to fail. They say the waters of Lake Pontchartrain never got high enough to rise above the walls and erode their foundations, the early explanation for the levee collapses.
Sep 12th, 2005 · As millions of gallons of floodwater are pumped out of New Orleans and into Lake Pontchartrain, state and federal officials grapple with questions about what contaminants are in the water and how they'll affect people and the environment.
Sep 7th, 2005 · Madeleine Brand talks with Dr. Randy Roig, medical director for the North Oaks Comprehensive Medical Rehabilitation Unit in Hammond, La. Roig spoke with Day to Day one week ago, when the hospital just north of Lake Pontchartrain was running out of supplies. He is now sheltering 10 people in his house.
Sep 7th, 2005 · Floodwaters that filled New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina are now being pumped back into Lake Pontchartrain -- along with raw sewage, bacteria, pesticides and chemicals. Madeleine Brand speaks with Karen Gautreaux of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality about state and federal plans to clean up or mitigate polluted water and soils.