Central New York Lake Blooms Hit a Seven-Year High in 2025, State Data Shows
State data show a record 30 Central New York waterbodies had a confirmed algal bloom in 2025, led by Owasco Lake, Auburn's drinking water source.
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State data show a record 30 Central New York waterbodies had a confirmed algal bloom in 2025, led by Owasco Lake, Auburn's drinking water source.
A new Skaneateles Lake Association disclosure shows $745,924 spent in 2025, most of it on invasive species prevention, including a $225,000 gift for a new inspection boat on Syracuse's unfiltered water supply.
The Finger Lakes Land Trust holds a July 29 public session on its 101 acre Shotwell Brook Conservation Area, days after fresh harmful algal bloom reports on Skaneateles Lake, the unfiltered drinking water source for the Syracuse area.
The only large unfiltered surface supply still operating under New York's filtration avoidance waiver enters its third summer of expanded toxin monitoring. Officials are watching weather, hydrilla on Cayuga, and a 59 square mile drainage basin that drains farms in three counties.
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