Onondaga Lake is northwest of the city of Syracuse, New York and south of Lake Ontario. Water outflows from the lake to Lake Ontario through the Oswego River. The lake is five miles (8 km) long and a mile (1.5 km) wide. It has an area of 4.6 square miles (11.9 square kilometers) and has a maximum depth of 63 feet (19 m). Although it is near the Finger Lakes region, it is not traditionally counted as one of the Finger Lakes.
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- Onondaga Lake is northwest of the city of Syracuse, New York and south of Lake Ontario. Water outflows from the lake to Lake Ontario through the Oswego River. The lake is five miles (8 km) long and a mile (1.5 km) wide. It has an area of 4.6 square miles (11.9 square kilometers) and has a maximum depth of 63 feet (19 m). Although it is near the Finger Lakes region, it is not traditionally counted as one of the Finger Lakes. Around 1450 or possibly earlier, Onondaga Lake was the site of the founding of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy. According to legend, at this spot the warlike Onondaga chief Tadodaho was persuaded by Hiawatha and Deganawidah (the Peacemaker) to accept the Great Law of Peace. Historically, the lake and the surrounding area was a site of salt springs and later salt mining. The salt was distributed throughout the north-east via the Erie Canal; Irish immigrants working in this industry created the local dish of salt potatoes. Today, Onondaga Lake is a severely polluted lake. Onondaga Lake has been described as one of the most polluted lakes in the United States, primarily due to industrial dumping and sewage contamination. Fishing for human consumption was banned in 1970 because of contamination from some 82 tons of mercury dumped into the lake over decades by the former Allied Chemical factory complex in Solvay. The lake was opened to allow catch and release fishing in 1986 with The New York State Dept. of Health has issuing health advisories which warn against consumption of certain fish (e.g. walleye, bass) due to mercury and PCB contamination. Other species are limited to one meal per month. Swimming was banned in 1940 due to bacteria and water clarity problems. Bacteria levels occasionally exceed state standards due to sewage discharges. The lake has high levels of mercury, salt, phosphorus, and ammonia due to discharge from a previous local chemical company, Solvay Process. The EPA has declared it a hazardous waste site. Recently, an effort has been made to clean up the water in the lake. The lake is also the subject of a land rights action filed in 2005 by the Onondaga Nation. It offers various trails around itself, and a public park. The lake is surrounded by the city of Syracuse and the suburban area of Solvay, a center of industry in the Syracuse area. Many of the companies in the areas of Solvay and Syracuse are held to blame for the lake's high concentrations of hazardous chemicals. Honeywell International (formerly AlliedSignal, which acquired Honeywell and took its name) is being held responsible for the clean up of the lake for their mass depositing of mercury and salt over the years. From a large municipal discharge the lake in the summer is generally covered in many areas with algae that creates a vile odor that can be smelled for miles. Onondaga County is spending $500 million on a 15-year project to stop polluting the lake with sewage by 2012. The county is under a federal court order to make the lake safe for swimming and fishing and comply with the federal Clean Water Act. Image:Onondaga lake 2. jpg| A flooded bench on the West Shore Trail after the snow melted December 2008
- Il lago Onondaga è un lago dello stato di New York, negli Stati Uniti, situato ad est della regione dei Finger Lakes. È di forma allungata, diretto lungo un asse sudest-nordovest; sulla sua sponda meridionale sorge la città di Syracuse. Il lago è considerato uno dei laghi più inquinati degli Stati Uniti, sebbene i programmi di salvaguardia ambientale condotti a partire dagli anni Settanta abbiano migliorato la qualità delle acque. Il suo nome deriva dagli Onondaga, una delle Sei Nazioni irochesi. Il lago era al centro della regione abitata dagli irochesi prima dell'esplorazione europea; sulle sue sponde fu fondata la Confederazione Irochese. In seguito, anche a causa della costruzione del Canale Erie, la regione fu colonizzata dagli europei, che si accentrarono nella città di Syracuse, dove si andava sviluppando l'industria dell'estrazione del sale. Questa scaricava i suoi rifiuti nel lago, che iniziò ad inquinarsi, con l'aumento dei cloruri, del sodio e del calcio; inoltre le fogne di Syracuse defluivano direttamente nel lago, portandovi fosforo, ammoniaca e nitriti. Ulteriori industrie chimiche provocarono l'aumento dei livelli di mercurio. I primi miglioramenti nel livello d'inquinamento vi furono nei primi anni Settanta quando, con l'approvazione del Clean Water Act; nel 1989 fu fondato l'Onondaga Lake Management Conference, cui partecipano i rappresentanti degli enti locali e dell'Environmental Protection Agency, con lo scopo di migliorare la qualità del lago. I livelli di fosforo, ammoniaca e cloruri sono molto diminuiti rispetto agli anni precedenti i programmi di recupero ambientale.
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- Onondaga Lake is northwest of the city of Syracuse, New York and south of Lake Ontario. Water outflows from the lake to Lake Ontario through the Oswego River. The lake is five miles (8 km) long and a mile (1.5 km) wide. It has an area of 4.6 square miles (11.9 square kilometers) and has a maximum depth of 63 feet (19 m). Although it is near the Finger Lakes region, it is not traditionally counted as one of the Finger Lakes.
- Il lago Onondaga è un lago dello stato di New York, negli Stati Uniti, situato ad est della regione dei Finger Lakes. È di forma allungata, diretto lungo un asse sudest-nordovest; sulla sua sponda meridionale sorge la città di Syracuse. Il lago è considerato uno dei laghi più inquinati degli Stati Uniti, sebbene i programmi di salvaguardia ambientale condotti a partire dagli anni Settanta abbiano migliorato la qualità delle acque.
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