Water Quality  
Publications

Seneca Lake Pure Waters  
Annual Reports

2024 Initial Results of PFAS sampling
Oct 21, 2024 Report

2023-24 Annual Meeting Presentation
Annual Meeting Presentation Slide Deck

2024 Water Quality Symposium

10 Years of Monitoring Water Quality in Seneca Lake Tributaries with CSI
Dr. Grascen Shidemantle, Executive Director, Community Science Institute

Historic and Contemporary Water Quality in the Finger Lakes: Seneca Lake
Dr. Lewis McCaffrey, Finger Lakes HUB, Division of Water, NYSDEC

Discoveries from the Bathymetric and Sub-Bottom Profiling Data from the 2018-2024 Seneca Lake Bathymetric and Archaeological Survey*
Tom and Patricia Manley, Emeritus Research Faculty, Middlebury College
*this presentation is not available. However a summary of the bathymetric data discussed can be found in this published report.

2021 CSLAP Seneca North Report

Written by NYS DEC

2021 CSLAP Seneca Mid-Lake Dresden Report

Written by NYS DEC

2021 CSLAP Seneca Mid-South Report

Written by NYS DEC

2021 CSLAP Seneca South Watkins Glen Report

Written by NYS DEC

Homeowners Guide to Lake Friendly Living.pdf

Published 2020, written by Maura Toole

2020 CSLAP Seneca North Report.pdf

Written by NYS DEC

2020 CSLAP Seneca South Report.pdf

Written by NYSDEC

2020 CSLAP Seneca Mid South Report.pdf

Written by NYSDEC

2020_CSLAP Seneca Mid North Report.pdf

Written by NYSDEC

2019 CSLAP Seneca Lake North Report.pdf

Written by NYSDEC

2019 CSLAP Seneca Lake Mid North Report.pdf

Written by NYSDEC

2019 CSLAP Seneca Lake Mid South Report.pdf

Written by NYSDEC

2019 CSLAP Seneca Lake South Report.pdf

Written by NYSDEC

A History and Status of Seneca Lake Water Quality

With John Halfman, HWS Professor and Research Scientist

2017 NYS DEC Finger Lakes Water Quality Report 
published by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation 

2017 Homeowner’s Guide to Lake Friendly Living
published by Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association 2017

2016 Seneca Lake Water Quality Overview
written by Kelly Coughlin and David Youst
Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association 2016

2016 Finger Lakes Water Quality Update (2005 – 2016)
written by John D. Halfman – Finger Lakes Institute at HWS  2016

2014 Update on the Chloride Hydrogeochemistry in Seneca Lake
written by John Halfman – Finger Lakes Institute at HWS 2014

2012 Seneca Lake Watershed Management Plan
written by Finger Lakes Institute at Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Genesee/Finger Lakes Regional Planning Council, Southern Tier Central Regional Planning and Development Board 2012

1999 Setting a Course for Seneca Lake
The State of the Seneca Lake, prepared by Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association and Seneca Lake Area Partners In Five Countries 1999

1991-2006 Water Quality of the North End of Seneca Lake
written by Joseph C. Makarewicz, Daniel J. White, and Theodore W. Lewis Department of Environmental Science and Biology SUNY College at Brockport Prepared for Seneca County Soil and Water Conservation District Seneca Falls, NY 2007