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Board recognizes Keuka and Seneca Canal as part of Finger Lakes watershed to support grant eligibility and water-quality work
Summary
Seneca County supervisors unanimously passed a resolution recognizing the Keuka and Seneca Canal as part of the Keuka Lake watershed, citing hydrologic connectivity and nutrient transport concerns (including harmful algal blooms) and directing the clerk to send the resolution to relevant state and federal agencies and legislative representatives.
The Seneca County Board of Supervisors on April 14 approved a resolution recognizing the Keuka and Seneca Canal as part of the Keuka Lake watershed and the broader Finger Lakes watershed. Supervisor Kronenwetter said the canal connects Keuka Lake to Seneca Lake and the Seneca River to the Great Lakes, and argued the canal's managed infrastructure influences hydrology and nutrient transport that can contribute to harmful algal blooms.
The resolution notes research by the Finger Lakes Institute and other organizations documenting hydrologic connectivity and states that recognizing the canal as part of the watershed will inform the Canal Corporation and state and federal legislators when pursuing grants and potential wastewater treatment upgrades. Kronenwetter and other supervisors cited similar resolutions already passed by the Town of Varick and the Town of Fayette.
The motion carried by voice vote; the transcript records supervisors urging that the clerk forward the resolution to the Canal Corporation and to senators, congressmembers and assemblymembers as part of regional water-quality and grant-planning efforts.
