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Annual Meeting
Tuesday August 10, 2010, 6:30pm, Network Offices at Wells
College. Regular business meeting to follow. Agenda
attached.
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Updates
on Hydrofracking
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Another
watershed concern. Scepter Inc., an aluminum
recycling company in Seneca Falls, is proposing a "monofill"
in Varick to dispose of salt cake waste from the process.
The monofill wouuld be 1.8 miles from Cayuga Lake, and they
propose a 1700 ft deep injection well (below the Cayuga and
Seneca Lake depths) to handle leachate from the monofill.
Follow the links below for an account of an informational
meeting, a handout
provided by residents at the meeting, an opinion
piece from the Finger Lakes Times, a letter
from Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association to the Town of Varick,
and the outline
of the Scepter Environmental Impact Statement, for which they
were accepting comments until June 25.
Town of Varick unanimously rejected Scepter Inc. proposal
July 6.
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Nutrient
and Sediment Loads - an inventory
of loads entering Cayuga Lake from both point and nonpoint
sources. A new report necessary for eventual management of
water quality. |
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Clean
water: link to learn about threats to clean water,
and what you can do to help, as well as good
news from Capitol Hill. Water
Pollution in your own Back Yard - an article from
Green Tips - environmental ideas in action. |
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The
Cayuga Lake Watershed Network releases a booklet Aquatic
Weeds - Nuisance and Necessity |
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Water
quality monitoring: link to access a guide, a
monitoring plan, a study, and databases. 2005-8
Water Quality Report |
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Adopt
Your Watershed |
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Fall
Newsletter describes the DEC's unconventional
gas drilling dsGEIS, Finger lakes and Watershed friends, upcoming
events, report on successful Sunset on Cayuga! and Phosphorous
inputs to Cayuga Lake, as well as year end reports and needs
for 2010. |
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Sixmile
Creek Status Report available. |
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To report a spill or water quality
violation, contact the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
(DEC) Spill Hotline 1-800-457-7362 anytime. To report a fish
kill of 100 or more fish in Cayuga Lake contact the regional
DEC office at 1-800-388-8244 x 203 or ask for the fisheries
unit. |
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Watershed Network
