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Conservation Department 



Tabulation of Pollution Studies in the Oswego Watershed 













Miles 



TYPE OF 

 POLLUTION 



Quadrangle 



Township 

 or post 

 office 



Stream 



Effect on stream and 

 fish life 



of 

 stream 



af 

 fected 





Ithaca 



Ithaca 



Cascadilla 

 creek 



Moderate, tolerant fish 

 present 



V2 







Sewage 



Ithaca 



Ithaca 



Cayuga inlet . 



High C0 2 — a few tol- 

 erant fish present 



1 



Sewage 



Penn Yan . . 



Penn Yan . . 



Keuka lake 

 outlet 



Slight, large volume of 

 water 







Auburn .... 



Auburn .... 



Coldspring 

 brook 



Kills fresh water forms 

 above Price spring 



4^ 









Skaneateles. 



Skaneateles . 



Skaneateles 

 outlet 



Kills all fresh water forms 



1 















Slight 



1 









Cowaselon 













creek 







Sewage 



Oriskany . . . 



Rome 



Wood creek. . 



Stream absolutely foul . . 



9 





Fulton 



Kasoag 



Fulton 



Camden. . . . 



Oswego river 



West Branch 



Fish creek 



Raw sewage evident .... 



1 















Clyde 



Canandaigua 



Lyons 



Canandaigua 









Sewage and indus- 



Canandaigua 



Fresh water forms rare. 



2 



trial waste 







outlet 



a few tolerant fish 

 present 

 Fresh water forms absent 





Sewage and indus- 



Phelps 



Shortsville . . 



Canandaigua 



5K 



trial waste 







outlet 







Sewage and indus- 



Auburn .... 



Auburn .... 



Owasco out- 



Kills most fish and fresh 



12 H 



trial waste 







let 



water life 





Sewage and indus- 



Oneida 



Oneida 



Oneida creek 



Badly polluted, no fresh 



12 



trial waste 









water life for 3-4 miles 





Industrial waste . . 



Syracuse. . . 



Syracuse. . . 



Onondaga 

 outlet 



Slight, many fresh water 

 forms present 







Oneida 



Sherrill 



Mud creek.. . 



Potential 





Industrial waste . . 



Fulton 



Fulton 



Oswego river 



Slight, large volume 

 water 





Paper mill waste. . 



Ithaca 



Ithaca 



Fall creek . . . 



Large stream, slight 

 effect 





Paper mill waste. . 



Penn Yan . . 



Penn Yan . . 



Keuka lake 

 outlet 



Discolors water, raises 

 temperature, no fish 

 life 



6 



Paper mill waste. . 



Syracuse. . . 



Fayetteville 



Limestone 

 creek 



Most fresh water forms 

 absent 



Yi 



Paper and woolen 



Skaneateles . 



Willow Glen 



Skaneateles 



Extremely bad, no fresh 



12 



mills 





to Skan- 

 eateles Falls 



outlet 



water forms present 





Paper and woolen 



Skaneateles . 



Marcellus 



Ninemile 



Stream in poor condition, 



11 



mills 





and Mar- 

 cellusFalls 



creek 



very little fish food 





Paper and woolen 



Baldwins- 



Phoenix. . . . 



Seneca river. 



Large volume saves 



3 



mills 



ville 







greater damage to fish 





Kraut factory .... 



Phelps 



Gorham .... 



Flint creek, 

 Trib. 40, 

 Canandaigua 



Reduces O2, CO2 present, 

 spoils fishing stream 



2 



Kraut factory .... 



Phelps 



Phelps 



Flint creek, 

 Trib. 40, 

 Canandaigua 



Kills fresh water forms 

 to some extent 



m 



Kraut factory .... 



Phelps 



Hall 



Burrell creek, 

 (Wilson) 



Great brook,. 

 Trib. 43, 



Stream goes dry 







Canandaigua 



Victor 



Low O2, high CO2, fresh 

 water forms absent 



v/ 2 













Ganargua 









Oneida 



Oneida 



Stacy Basin . 

 Vernon 



Drum creek.. 

 Trib. 5, 

 Stony cr. 



















Sulphur and sani- 



Phelps 



Clifton 



Trib. 40, 



Badly polluted, normally 



2 



tary wastes 





Springs 



Canandaigua 



a " feeder stream " 





Carbon bisulphide 



Penn Yan . . 



Penn Yan . . 



Keuka lake 

 outlet 



Potential, not operating 

 during summer 





Milk 



Dryden .... 

 Geneva. . . . 



Dryden .... 

 McDougall . 



Virgil creek. . 

 Trib. 8, 

 Kendig cr. 



Potential 





Milk 



Small stream 



2 









Milk 



Auburn .... 

 Moravia 



Union 



Springs 

 Locke 



Cayuga lake . 



Owasco 

 outlet 



Potential 





Milk 



Slight, fresh water forms 

 present 









