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    U.S. Senator Charles E.

    Schumer urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to act quickly


    to help curb the threat that toxic algae found in nearly 100 Upstate New York water bodies is posing
    to drinking water and New York residents. Schumer explained that the toxins that this algae
    produces, cyanotoxins, have the potential to contaminate local drinking water because many of
    these lakes or reservoirs are used as drinking water sources. This toxin is also found in lakes that are
    used for boating or swimming, putting swimmers at risk and also causing beach closures, which
    harm tourism and the local economy. Therefore, Schumer pushed the EPA to issue guidance to help
    protect New York drinking water supplies and New York residents. First, Schumer asked the EPA
    to issue guidance to help local water treatment plants test for and treat cyanotoxins in drinking
    water sources. Over a dozen countries including Canada currently test drinking water for
    cyanotoxins, but to date the EPA has not issued guidance on testing in the United States. Second,
    Schumer urged the EPA to develop water quality criteria for cyanotoxins in ambient water, which
    will help states better identify contaminated water bodies and implement water quality improvement
    programs that will help keep beaches open and drinking water safe.

    Capital Region
    COUNTY
    Lakes with Reported Algal
    Blooms 2012-13
    Albany Buckingham Pond
    Warners Lake
    Basic Creek Reservoir
    Buckingham Lake
    Washington Park Lake
    Columbia Copake Lake
    Greene Sleepy Hollow Lake
    Rensselaer Nassau Lake
    Snyders Lake
    Tomhannock Reservoir*
    Burden Lake
    Saratoga Round Lake
    Ballston Lake
    Saratoga Lake
    Schoharie Summit Lake
    Washington Cossayuna Lake
    Lake Champlain
    TOTAL 17
    Total Water Bodies With Reported Blue-Green Algae Blooms 2012-2013: 96
    Hudson Valley
    COUNTY
    Lakes with Reported Algal
    Blooms 2012-13
    Dutchess
    Ellis Pond
    Orange Four Corners Pond
    Little We Wah Lake
    Orange Lake
    Tomahawk Lake
    We Wah Lake
    Beaver Dam Lake
    Browns Pond
    Putnam Roaring Brook Lake
    Kirk Lake
    Putnam Lake
    Rockland Lake Lucille
    Nassau Lake
    Rockland Lake
    Congers Lake
    Hackensack RiverEast Branch
    Sullivan Montgomery Lake
    Anawanda Lake
    Wolf Lake
    Westchester Bedford Lake
    Katonah Lake
    Lake Mohegan
    Lake Waccabuc
    Lake Lincolndale
    Peach Lake
    Tarrytown Reservoir
    Truesdale Lake
    TOTAL 27

    Rochester Finger Lakes
    COUNTY
    Lakes with Reported Algal
    Blooms 2012-13
    Monroe Long Pond
    Ontario Honeoye Lake
    Wayne Sodus Bay
    Wyoming Java Lake
    TOTAL 4



    Central New York
    COUNTY
    Lakes with Reported Algal
    Blooms 2012-13
    Cayuga Little Sodus Bay
    Lake Como
    Owasco Lake*
    Cortland Song Lake
    Deans Pond
    Melody Lake
    Madison Cazenovia Lake
    Craine Lake
    Hatch Lake
    Lake Moraine
    Tuscarora Lake
    Oneida Oneida Lake
    Oneida River
    Onondaga Oneida River
    Oswego Lake Neatahwanta
    Lake Pleasant
    Lorton Lake
    TOTAL 17

    Southern Tier
    COUNTY
    Lakes with Reported Algal
    Blooms 2012-13
    Allegany Alma Lake
    Lawsons Lake
    Broome Beaver Lake
    Laurel Lake

    Chenango Chenango Lake*
    Echo Lake
    Delaware Somerset Lake
    Titus Lake
    Otsego
    Schuyler Cayuta Lake
    Waneta Lake*
    Lamoka Lake*
    Lamoka Lake Channel*
    Steuben Goodhue Lake
    Loon Lake
    Mud Lake
    Smith Pond
    TOTAL 16
    North Country
    COUNTY
    Lakes with Reported
    Algal Blooms 2012-13
    Clinton Lake Champlain
    Essex Lake Champlain
    Franklin Eagle Pond
    Jefferson Butterfield Lake
    St. Lawrence Black Lake
    Silver Lake
    Grass Lake
    Warren Sunnyside Lake

    TOTAL 7

    Western New York
    COUNTY
    Lakes with Reported
    Algal Blooms 2012-
    13
    Cattaraugus
    Allegheny Reservoir
    Beaver Lake
    Beaver Lake Inlet
    Lime Lake
    Red House Lake
    Chautauqua Chautauqua Lake
    Findley Lake
    Erie Lake Erie*
    TOTAL 8

    Methodology
    - Data compiled from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservations 2012 and
    2013 reports on Archived Blue Green Algae Notices. Note: Lake Erie and Lake Champlain were
    not included in the DECs archived reports, as they are not exclusively New York Lakes, but have
    been widely reported to have experienced blue-green algae blooms.
    *Used as a public drinking water source

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