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Invasive species hydrilla found on Cayuga Lake in Aurora

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Invasive species hydrilla found on Cayuga Lake in Aurora
The “bully of the water world,” has made its way to Cayuga County. Hydrilla was spotted earlier this month on Cayuga Lake in Aurora by the Cayuga Lake Floating Classroom participants on Sept. 13. Hilary Mosher, coordinator for the Finger Lakes Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management, nicknamed the plant that multiplies as it’s cut. It grows vertically to the... more

Wolcott man charged after drunkenly crashing boat in June

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Wolcott man charged after drunkenly crashing boat in June
Lawrence Wiegele, 49, was arrested three months after a boating accident in JuneA Wolcott man was arrested three months after a boating accident in June and was charged with assault and driving a boat while drunk. On June 11, police responded to a boat accident out on Sodus Bay around 11 p.m. Wayne County Sheriff’s deputies and members of the... more

Another algae bloom detected in Seneca Lake

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Another algae bloom detected in Seneca Lake
New evidence of harmful algae blooms have been spotted in the Kime Beach area on the western shore of Seneca Lake, the second year in a row it’s happened there. Lake samples taken Sept. 19 from two areas along Kime Beach have been tested and the new blooms of cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, confirmed. The levels of cyanobacteria found are... more

Low levels of blue-green algae toxins detected in Owasco and Auburn’s treated water

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Low levels of blue-green algae toxins detected in Owasco and Auburn’s treated water
The Cayuga County Health Department announced on Monday that low levels of blue-green algae toxins were detected in Owasco and Auburn’s treated water. In a press release, the health department said it collected untreated and treated water samples Monday from the city of Auburn and town of Owasco’s water treatment plants to monitor for toxins associated with blue-green algae. The... more

Committee proposes funding Cayuga Lake water improvement effort

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Committee proposes funding Cayuga Lake water improvement effort
The 2017 Seneca County budget may include $25,000 to help protect Cayuga Lake’s water. The Board of Supervisors’ Environmental Affairs Committee outlined the reasons why during Tuesday’s meeting. Committee chairman Steve Churchill, D-Seneca Falls, brought up the issue. He noted that Cayuga Lake, which provides the drinking water for Seneca Falls and several other communities, is seeing more blue-green algae,... more

Low levels of blue-green algae toxins still detectable in Owasco’s treated drinking water

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Low levels of blue-green algae toxins still detectable in Owasco’s treated drinking water
For the sixth time in eight days, the town of Owasco’s treated drinking water has low but detectable levels of toxins from blue-green algae blooms, according to a release from the Cayuga County Health Department. The city of Auburn’s treated drinking water had no detectable levels of toxins, its third day in a row. The test results, which came back... more

Public water tests for Owasco and Auburn show no toxins over the weekend

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Public water tests for Owasco and Auburn show no toxins over the weekend
The Cayuga County Health Department said test results for blue-green algae toxins in Auburn and Owasco’s treated water samples collected Saturday and Sunday showed no detectable toxin levels. Eileen O’Connor, director of Environmental Health for the county, said the lab where those samples are processed was closed Sunday, which caused the delay. Samples collected from the town of Owasco and... more

Owasco water tests show highest algae toxins yet, Auburn levels still detectable

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Owasco water tests show highest algae toxins yet, Auburn levels still detectable
Treated drinking water for the town of Owasco and the city of Auburn showed detectable levels of blue-green algae toxins in the latest round of tests — Owasco seeing the highest levels to date. The Cayuga County Health Department said Owasco’s water, which is distributed to the town of Owasco and the Fleming Water District, detected levels of .21 and... more

Seneca Lake Pure Waters group seeks to trace phosphorus source

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Seneca Lake Pure Waters group seeks to trace phosphorus source
The amount of phosphorus in Reeder Creek, a tributary to Seneca Lake, is 70 times the state’s recommended amount for a body of water. The Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association has been sampling tributaries to the largest of the 11 Finger Lakes and discovered the high phosphorus level on the east side where Reeder Creek empties into the lake in... more

Auburn, Owasco Thursday water samples detect no algal toxins

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Auburn, Owasco Thursday water samples detect no algal toxins
Results from Thursday, Oct. 6 samples of water from the town of Owasco and city of Auburn’s treatment plant showed no detectable levels of blue-green algae toxins. The results came back Friday afternoon from the Wadsworth Center, the state Department of Health’s laboratory in Albany, which has been conducting the analysis on a regular basis. The highest levels of detection... more

No criminal charges in Skaneateles boating accident that critically injured girl

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No criminal charges in Skaneateles boating accident that critically injured girl
A woman who critically injured her step-daughter in a July boating accident on Skaneateles Lake has been ticketed, but will not face criminal charges. The woman, Jamie Wheeler, was ticketed on several boating/navigation law violations, the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday when it announced detectives had finished investigating. On July 6 Wheeler was driving a 17-foot Bayliner boat on Skaneateles... more

Low algae toxin levels reported for latest Owasco, Auburn water tests

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Low algae toxin levels reported for latest Owasco, Auburn water tests
The Cayuga County Health Department on Sunday night reported detectable blue-green algae toxin levels for treated public water tested Friday and Saturday. Treated water from the Auburn system showed 0.17 and 0.19 micrograms of toxins per liter in water sampled Friday and 0.19 micrograms per liter in Saturday testing. The Auburn Citizen – News: Read More more
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