Case Study: Real-time Continuous Nitrate Monitoring Provides A Window On Nutrient Loading In Lake Pontchartrain

Louisiana's Lake Pontchartrain Basin lies at the mouth of the Mississippi Delta and squarely in the sights of water quality experts from around the world. The Lake Pontchartrain Basin is an esturarine system that has been significantly disturbed by the construction of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet in the 1960s as well as agriculture, logging and development in the area. The lake's increasing salinity and shrinking wetlands have garnered significant attention, as has the nitrate-laden water rushing past the basin through the MRGO just below Pontchartrain's southern shore