What happens to Lake Pontchatrain?

[brooklynite]

The recovery plan for New Orleans, as I understand it, is to seal the breaches in the levys, and then pump the water out of the city -- into the lake. But, we've been told that the water in the city is a toxic mixture of sewage, chemicals, dead bodies, etc. What's this going to do to the ecosystem of the lake and the surrounding area?

[Sgent]

1. Destroy it...

Manetee were starting to return after decades of work on cleaning the lake.

I don't know that there is anyway to prevent it though.

[FloridaPat]

2. They talked about decontaminting it. It will cost more, which is not

a problem, but it will take a lot more time to get the water out of the city. That is the problem.