Some links that came up in my Environmental Law class last week re: Katrina.
Katrina Environmental Issues 'Almost Unimaginable'
Louisiana's Dept of Env. Quality Secretary makes the state's first major assessment of the "havoc" in southern La. 140K-160K homes unsalvageable (where do you put that much debris?) and "years" to restore full water service. Two major oil spills, and 500 sewage plants damaged or destroyed.
Few Choices To Rid New Orleans of Poisoned Water
NOLA's water not toxic per se, but polluted, and there's really no place to pump it except into Lake Pontchartrain or the Mississippi, which could prompt fish die-offs and poison area wetlands.
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