Looking for Pure Waters publications?
Interested in our Annual Reports, LakeWatch Newsletters, or other updates? This page has it all. Browse the latest publications to stay informed about our work to protect Seneca Lake and the surrounding watershed.
Pure Waters Annual Reports
2021-2022 Fiscal Year Annual Report
Pure Waters LakeWatch Newsletters
2025 Spring LakeWatch Newsletter – Read here
- Lake Friendly Living Awareness Month
- PFAS in Lake Trout – New Research
- Native Plant Garden Spotlight
- Citizen Science Program Updates
- Membership Updates & Survey
- Marsh Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant
- Seneca Lake Hemlock Initiative
- Around the Lake – Local Happenings
- Volunteer Highlights & Upcoming Events
2025 Winter/Spring LakeWatch Newsletter
Read here
- Member Survey & Year-End Appeal
- Seneca Lake Fishery Update
- Business Supporter Spotlight
- SNPR Project Updates
- Around the Lake Happenings
- Finger Lakes Land Trust Highlight
- Citizen Science – PFAS Report
- Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
2024 Fall LakeWatch Newsletter
Read here
- Celebrate Seneca Dinner Gala
- WQ Symposium
- Annual Meeting & Volunteer Recognition
- PURE Brew Week
- SNPR Project Updates
- HABs Monitoring Program
- Meet Our New Board Members
- Welcome Kelly Blackhurst
Pure Waters Summer Guide & Business Directory
Water Quality Publications
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
