Seneca Lake

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"place of the stone"

Quick Lake Facts

Source:

*New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Water Quality Study of the Finger Lakes. Contact the FLI for additional individual statistic sources.

Maps

• Land Use
• Bedrock
• Elevation Image
• Watershed Boundaries in Google Earth

Current Research

• Historical Trend of Mercury Deposition in Seneca Lake, NY
• Macrophyte Communities in Seneca Lake, 2009
• Water Quality of Seneca Lake, New York: A 2007 Update.
• Seneca Lake Water Quality Buoy Data
• A Preliminary Water Quality Study of Selected Finger Lakes, New York
• Historical Seneca Lake Data
• Zebra Mussel Impact on Seneca Lake
• Current Seneca Lake Water Levels
• Atrazine in Seneca Lake
• Seneca Lake Sonar Test

Publications

• Revised Seneca Lake Management Plan (final expected in 2013)
  • Funded by NYSDOS NYS Local Waterfront Revitalization Fund
  • Next Meeting
  • Prepared by:
  • City of Geneva
  • Finger Lakes Institute/ Hobart and William Smith Colleges
  • Southern Tier Central Regional Planning and Development Board
  • Genesee Finger Lakes Regional Planning Council

• Jim Balyszak, SLAP-5 and Yates County Soil and Water Conservation District (ppt)
• Dr. John Halfman, HWS Geoscience Department (ppt)
• Edith Davey, Ontario County Soil and Water Conservation District (ppt)
• Marion Balyszak, Finger Lakes Institute (ppt)

Watershed Organizations

• Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association
• Seneca Lake Area Partners In 5 Counties (SLAP-5)
• Ontario County
           Soil and Water Conservation District
          Water Resources Council
• Seneca County
           Soil and Water Conservation District
          Water Quality Committee
  
• Schuyler County
           Soil and Water Conservation District
           Water Quality Committee
• Southern Tier Central Regional Planning and Development Board
• Yates County
           Soil and Water Conservation District, (315) 536-5188
           Water Quality Coordinating Committee

Informational Links

• International Lake Environment Committee Foundation
      [Data Summary] [Full Report]

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