Pontchartrain Conservancy is proud to announce the release of Water Quality's very own water quality results app: Lake and Coast! The app is now live and available for download on your Android/iOS device in celebration of National Water Quality Month this August!

Lake and Coast Photography Contest Winners!

Celebrating the release of our new app: Lake and Coast we asked YOU to submit your photographs from sites across the Lake Pontchartrain Basin! The contest is now closed. Winners can be viewed at the link below and on our Lake and Coast app releasing this month! North Shore Beach photo credit: Sebastien Pinto

The U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently mounted an underwater sensor at the New Canal Lighthouse that is connected to a kinetic sculpture created by the EPA. The sculpture is a trout that moves and lights up with different colors based on the water quality data that the sensor is reading. It’s a fascinating way to interpret water quality data! The fish sculpture tests the salinity, algae, dissolved oxygen, and turbidity of the water.

To help combat microplastics we created a team of community scientists called L.A.M.P.S., Lakefront Algae, and MicroPlastics Scientists, who collect water samples throughout the basin to study these conditions. Our L.A.M.P.S. program is now offered at two locations on the south and north shores of Lake Pontchartrain! At both labs, you will learn about water quality conditions, measure algae markers, and analyze microplastics found in our waterways.