Projects to improve water quality

Onondaga County is engaged in a massive effort to prevent pollution from reaching Onondaga Lake and to improve treatment of wastewater at the Metropolitan Syracuse Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Status of projects

By the end of 2006, the County had completed twenty-six projects required under the Amended Consent Judgment (ACJ)—more than two-thirds of the mandated projects. See map below.
 Upgrading treatment:
Many improvements have been made. New facilities are showing results in reducing ammonia and phosphorus.
 Fixing the collection system:
Look at the many ways that untreated sewage and debris are prevented from reaching Onondaga Lake.
 Ambient monitoring program:
An extensive program is in place to determine how the quality of water in Onondaga Lake is improving—including live data from the lake.

Onondaga County is working with the City of Syracuse and other government bodies under an intermunicipal agreement to complete the ACJ projects.

Current projects

Midland RTF and conveyances  Project description  Facility plan — Plan amendment Clinton RTF and conveyances  Project description  Facility Plan  Environmental Information Document  Public hearing transcript — Responses

Parkway-Rockland sewer separation  Project description   Harbor Brook CSO Abatement  Project description  Facility Plan  Environmental Information Document  Route change for pipelines  Public hearing transcript & responses

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Susan Miller, Project Deputy Director
Phone 315-435-2260   Fax 315-435-5023
 Onondaga County Dept of Water Environment Protection