Our Mission

Enhance and preserve the quality of Seneca Lake

Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association will further its mission through efforts to:

Promote the understanding, preservation and improvement of the water quality, natural habitat and general environmental conditions of Seneca Lake and its watershed;

Sponsor scientific research of the watershed to establish baseline data and monitor changes;

Collect, preserve, publish and disseminate information concerning Seneca Lake and its watershed;

Encourage and support the compliance with laws and regulations;

Collaborate with like-minded organizations; and

Promote patterns of development and technology to further our mission.
  

Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association
            dedicated  to "enhancing and preserving the quality of Seneca Lake"

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Take Action

INFORM YOUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES

Keep your elected representatives informed regarding your position on issues that effect Seneca Lake and its environmental and water quality issues.  Remember, Seneca Lake is considered to be a Federal waterway because it is connected to Lake Ontario both for navigation and drainage.  It is also connected to the  the New York State Barge Canal and through it to Lake Erie and the Hudson River.  As such, Seneca Lake is impacted by regulations that affect these other bodies of water and elected representatives at the local, state and federal levels should hear from residents of the Seneca Lake watershed regarding issues that concern the lake. 

(List of elected representatives from watershed will be added here with contact information.)

LET YOUR REPRESENTATIVES KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT HIGH VOLUME HYDRAULIC FRACTURING FOR NATURAL GAS COMING TO NEW YORK STATE.

In January, 2012, SLPWA submitted two letters to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation critical of the proposed regulations and draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Statement (dSGEIS). 

Our comments have been shared with State and Local elected officials. SLPWA has made a major effort to educate them and the public that the State is not ready to proceed. The full comments on the regulations can be seen by clicking here; the full comments on the dSGEIS can be seen by clicking here.  Each member of SLPWA should have received a postcard urging that they express their concerns to their elected representatives regarding this issue.

While the DEC reviews the comments, the state legislature is also looking at the issue. Bills have been introduced to extend the moratorium until the EPA study on risk to drinking water is complete in 2013. Please tell your representatives to delay fracking and protect Seneca Lake. Contact info can be found by clicking here.

PLEASE TAKE ACTION TODAY!!

Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association (SLPWA) needs your input and support.  During the past year SLPWA has been active in a number of areas that are important to Seneca Lake and its watershed. Contact us with your input either via email or snail mail at one of the addresses listed below.

Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association                                         email SLPWA@senecalake.org

P.O. Box 247
Geneva, NY 14456

Please consider an additional donation to SLPWA so that we can continue our efforts as the voice of Seneca Lake.

Please join us for our membership meetings.  These are listed on our Calendar.



































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