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Over the past 20 years, the Upstate Freshwater Institute has studied more than 100 lakes, reservoirs, rivers and streams. A number of these are listed below.

New York City Reservoirs

NYC Drink Water Supply Reservoirs

Amawalk Reservoir

Ashokan Reservoir

Cannonsville Reservoir

Cross River Reservoir

Muscoot Reservoir

Neversink Reservoir

New Croton Reservoir

Pepacton Reservoir

Rondout Reservoir

Schoharie Reservoir

Titicus Reservoir

West Branch Reservoir

Croton Falls Reservoir

East Branch Reservoir

Middle Branch Reservoir

Bog Brook Reservoir

Boyds Corners Reservoir

Diverting Reservoir

Great Lakes

Great Lakes Region

Lake Ontario

Little Sodus Bay, Lake Ontario

Green Bay, Lake Michigan

Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron

Irondequoit Bay, Lake Ontario

 

Finger Lakes, New York

Finger Lakes Region in New York

Otisco Lake

Cayuga Lake

Skaneateles Lake

Owasco Lake

Canandaigua Lake

Seneca Lake

Conesus Lake

Hemlock Lake

Canadice Lake

Keuka Lake

Honeoye Lake

Central New York Lakes and Rivers



Central New York Systems

Onondaga Lake

Oneida lake

Cross Lake

Green Lake, Fayetteville

Green Lake, Jamesville

Duck Lake

Como Lake

Lake Moraine

Parker Pond

Tuscarora Lake

Otter Lake

Cazenovia Lake

Beaver Lake

Hatch Lake

Lake Neatahwanta

Seneca River

Oneida River

Harbor Brook

Oswego River

Ley Creek

Onondaga Creek

Nine Mile Creek

Limestone Creek

Oswego Harbor

NYS Barge Canal: Syracuse Terminal

Other Systems

Northeastern United States Systems

Lake Champlain

Austin Lake, Michigan

Woods Lake, Michigan

Merrill Creek, New Jersey

Alcove reservoir (Albany NY Water Supply)

Cambridge Water Supply, Massachusetts

Adirondack Lakes, New York

Adirondack Lakes Region, New York

Lake Placid

Mirror Lake

Cranberry Pond

Deep Lake

Dart's Lake

Queer Lake

Woods Lake

Cranberry Lake

Little Simon Lake

Upper Wallface Pond

Big Moose Lake

South Lake

Deer Lake

Citizens' Statewide Lake Assessment Program

Since 2002 UFI has been the "home" lab for Citizens' Statewide Lake Assesment Program (CSLAP).  CSLAP is a cooperative effort between the NYSDEC and the not-for-profit New York State Federation of Lake Associations, Inc. (NYSFOLA) for volunteer lake monitoring. Lakes from the 2003 sampling program are listed below.

Anawanda Lake (Sullivan County)

Augur Lake (Essex County)

Ballston Lake (Saratoga County)

Babcock Lake (Rensselaer County)

Beaver Lake (Broome County)

Black Lake (St. Lawrence County)

Bradley Brook Reservoir (Madison County)

Brant Lake (Warren County)

Brantingham Lake (Lewis County)

Burden Lake (Rensselaer County)

Butterfield Lake (Jefferson County)

Canaan Lake (Suffolk County)

Canada Lake (Fulton County)

Cayuga Lake (Tompkins, Seneca, Cayuga Cos.) - 4 sites

Chautauqua Lake (Chautauqua County) - 2 sites

Chenango Lake (Chenango County)

Lake Clear (Franklin County)

Lake Como (Cayuga County)

Cossayuna Lake (Washington County)

Cuba Lake (Allegany County)

DeRuyter Reservoir (Madison County/ Onondaga County)

Duane Lake (Schnectady County)

Duck Lake (Cayuga County)

Eagle Lake (Essex County)

Eagle Crag Lake (St. Lawrence County)

East Caroga Lake (Fulton County)

Echo Lake (Chenango County)

Forest Lake (Warren County)

Forest Lake (Rensselaer County)

Friends Lake (Warren County)

Fulton 2nd Lake (Herkimer County)

Galway Lake (Saratoga County) w/ extra TP sampling

Geneganslet Lake (Chenango County)

Glen Lake  (Warren County)

Gorton Lake (Madison County)

Gossaman's Pond (Putnam County)

Lake Guymard (Orange County)

Hatch Lake (Madison County)

Highland Lake (Orange County)

Horseshoe Pond/Deer River Flow (Franklin County)

Hunt Lake (Saratoga County)

Hyde Lake (Jefferson County)

Indian Lake (Putnam County)

Jenny Lake (Saratoga County)

Kasoag Lake (Oswego County)

Lake of the Woods (Jefferson County)

Lebanon Reservoir (Madison County)

Lake Lincolndale (Westchester County) 2 sites

Little Fresh Pond (Suffolk County)

Loon Lake (Steuben County)

Lorton Lake (Oswego County)

Lake Luzerne (Warren County)

Mariaville Lake (Schnectady County)

Mayfield Lake (Fulton County)

Melody Lake (Cortland County) - plus trib. sampling

Millsite Lake (Jefferson County)

Mirror Lake (Essex County)

Mohegan Lake (Putnam County)

Monhegan Lake (Orange County)

Lake Moraine (Madison County)

Oquaga Lake ( Broome County)

Otter Lake (Oneida County)

Paradox Lake (Essex County)

Peach Lake (Putnam/Westchester Cos.)

Lake Peekskill (Putnam County)

Petonia Lake (Chenango County)

Piseco Lake (Hamilton County)

Lake Placid (Essex County) 2 sites. 

Pleasant Lake (Fulton County)

Plymouth Reservoir (Chenango County)

Queechy Lake ( Columbia County)

Round Pond (Rensselaer County)

Lake Salubria (Steuben County)

Schroon Lake (Essex County) 2 sites

Sepasco Lake (Dutchess County)

Silver Lake (St. Lawrence County)

Shawanagunk Lake (Orange County)

Sixberry Lake (Jefferson County)

Sodus Bay, Lake Ontario (Wayne County)

Somerset Lake (Westchester????? County)

Summit Lake (Washington County)

Lake Sunnyside (Warren County)

Taconic Lake (Rensselaer County)

Teatown Lake (Westchester County)

Timber Lake (Sullivan County)

Truesdale Lake (Westchester County

Tuscarora Lake (Madison County)

Lake Warn  (Chenango County)

Windover Lake (Warren County)

Additional New York River/Stream Systems

Niagara River

Platte River

Susquehanna River

Tioughnioga River

Chittenango Creek

Chenango River

Unadilla River

Moose River

Trout Creek

Esopus Creek

Schoharie Creek

East Branch Delaware River

West Branch Delaware River

Neversink River

Rondout Creek

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last updated: October 19, 2009

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