Biological Survey — Oswego Watershed 139 



Tabulation op Pollution Studies in the Oswego Watershed — Concluded 



TYPE OF 

 POLLUTION 



Milk 



Milk 



Milk 



Milk 



Milk 



Milk 



Milk 



Milk 



Milk 



Milk 



Milk 



Milk 



Milk 



Milk 



Milk 



Milk 



Milk and cheese . . 

 Milk and cheese . . 



Milk and cheese . . 

 Milk and cheese . . 



Milk and butter . . 

 Milk and casein, 



etc. 

 Pea cannery 



Pea cannery 



Pea cannery 



Pea cannery 



Oil, garage 



Oil, garage 



Oil, garage 



Oil, insulator works 



Oil 



Quadrangle 



Moravia 



Moravia 



Skaneateles, 



Clyde 



Weedsport . . 



Weedsport . . 

 Cazenovia. . 



Morrisville. . 

 Morrisville.. 

 Oneida 



Oneida 



Oneida 



Kasoag 



Taberg 



Taberg 



Taberg 



Clyde 



Weedsport.. 



Syracuse . . . 

 Cazenovia . . 



Weedsport. . 

 Fulton 



Naples 



Phelps 



Penn Yan . . 



Palmyra 



Ithaca 



Auburn .... 

 Syracuse. . . 



Canandaigua 



Geneva .... 



Township 

 or post 

 office 



Groton 



McLean. . . . 



Amber 



South Butler 

 Meridian. . . 



Conquest . . . 

 Delphi 



Peterboro.. . 

 Munnsville. 

 Oneida 

 Community 

 Oneida 



Castle 

 Vernon 



Williams- 

 town 



Thomson 

 Corners 

 Blossvale. . . 



Lee Center. 



Savannah.. . 



Cato 



Cicero 



Nelson 



Port Byron. 

 Pennellville . 



Naples creek 



Rushville . . 



Penn Yan . 



Alloway. . . 



Ithaca .... 

 Auburn . . . 

 Cicero 



Victor 



Seneca Fall 



Stream 



Owasco 



outlet 

 Fall creek . . . 

 Otisco lake.. . 

 Butler creek . 

 Trib. 12, 



Muskrat 



creek 

 Trib. 2 of 



M. S. 7 

 Trib. 34, 



Limestone 



creek 

 Oneida creek 

 Oneida creek 

 Oneida creek 



Mud creek. . . 



Trib. 5, 



Stony cr. 

 Pond, West 



Branch, 



Fish cr. 

 Trib. 7, Cobb 



brook 

 Trib. 17, 



Fish creek 

 Canada creek 



Trib. 1, 



Crusoe cr. 

 Trib. 12, 



Muskrat 



creek 

 Mud creek. . . 

 Chittenango . 



Owasco outlet 

 Potts creek. . 



Naples creek. 



West river. . . 



Keuka lake 



outlet 

 Canandaigua 



outlet 

 Sixmile creek 

 Owasco outlet 

 Mud creek. . . 



Great brook. . 



Seneca river. 



Effect on stream and 

 fish life 



Oxygen reduced, normal 

 fish food lacking 



Potential 



Potential 



Potential 



Lost in swamp 



Bad, volume small, goes 



dry 

 Potential 



Potential. 



Slight 



Potential. 



Potential. 



Potential. 



Pond easily absorbs waste 

 at present 



Potential 



Potential. 



Potential, clears up 



ditch 

 Potential, clears before 



reaching Crusoe creek 

 Stream volume small. . . 



Potential 



Fish and other fresh 



water life killed 



Slight 



Extremely bad, kills all 



fresh water life 

 Potential, insufficient 



waste to reach stream 

 Low Oo, high CO2, fresh 



water forms absent 

 Little effect on large vol 



ume of water 

 Reduces oxygen, also 



available fish food 

 Fresh water forms killed 

 Fresh water forms killed 

 Prevents development of 



fish food 

 Reduces O2, kills fresh 



water forms 

 Eliminates some fish food, 



lowers O2 



Miles 



of 

 stream 



af 

 fected 



General indicators of above: 



Organic wastes, such as sewage, milk, cheese, kraut factory wastes, canning 

 factory wastes: Black foul-smelling sludge, sludge worms (Tubifex), fungi, 

 blue-green algae (Oscillatoria, etc.), blood worms (Chironomus) . 

 Inorganic wastes. 



Machine shops, garages, etc. — Oil on surface and bottom, Melosira 



(Diatom), blue-green algae. 

 Paper mill. — Yellow incrustations on stones, fibres, blue-green algae, 



fungi. 

 Woolen mill. — Dyes, alkalies, acids (acetic), etc., scrubbings. 



