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Stormwater Pollutants of Concern and Their Sources in the Syracuse Urban Area
Waterbody/ Segment Name or Geographic Location	WI/PWL ID	Included SUA Municipalities	Watershed	Cause/Pollutant		Source of Pollutant		Source of Data
				Major	Minor	Primary	Secondary

Chittenango Creek (3 mile reach above Oneida Lake)	0703-0005	Towns of Cicero & Sullivan	Oneida Lake	Nutrieents	Oxygen Demand, Aesthetics	Agricultural	Municipal, Urban Runoff, Other Runoff	1996 PWL List
Furnace Brook	0702-0014	City of Syracuse	Onondaga Lake	Silt/Sediment	Water Level Flow	Hydromodification	Streambank Erosion	1996 PWL List
Geddes Brook	0702-0019	Town of Camillus	Onondaga Lake	Ammonia		Urban/ Stormwater Runoff		2002 Section 303(d) List
Geddes Brook	0702-0019	Town of Camillus	Onondaga Lake	Oxygen Demand	Unknown Toxicity, Nutrients, Pathogens	Municipal	Urban Runoff, Land Disposal, On-Site Systems	1996 PWL List
Harbor Brook	0702-0012	City of Syracuse	Onondaga Lake	Silt/Sediment		Construction	Urban Runoff	1996 PWL List
Jamesville Reservoir	0703-0015	Town of Lafayette	Oneida Lake	Silt/Sediment	Nutrients, Oxygen Demand, Pathogens	Agriculture	Resource Extraction, Streambank Erosion	1996 PWL List
Madison County Portion of the Oneida Lake Watershed	N/A	Town of Sullivan	Oneida Lake	Sediment		Stormwater Runoff (Highway Dept. road ditch cleaning with out sediment control measures, i.e.		Madison County Water Quality Strategy, 2001
Meadow Brook	0703-0036	City of Syracuse	Onondaga Lake	Salts	Nutrients, Silt/Sediment	Urban Runoff	Deicing Agents, Hydromodification	1996 PWL List
Ninemile Creek	0702-0005	Town of Camillus	Onondaga Lake	Nutrients		Urban/Stormwater Runoff		2002 Section 303(d) List
Oneida Lake	0703-0001	Towns of Cicero and Constantia	Oneida Lake	Nutrients	Pathogens	Agriculture	Municipal, On-Site Systems	1996 PWL List
Oneida Lake (section bordered by Madison Co.)	0703-0023	Madison County (including Town of Sullivan	Oneida Lake	Nutrients	Pathogens	Agriculture	Municipal, On-Site Systems	1996 PWL List
Oneida River	0703-0020	Oneida Lake to Confluence w/Oswego River	Oneida River Subwatershed	Nutrients	Silt/Sediment	Other (Oneida Lake Inflows)	On-Site Systems, Hydromodification	1996 PWL List
Onondaga Lake and Outlet	0702-0003	Syracuse, Salina, Liverpool, Geddes, Solvay	Onondaga Lake	Pathogens	Non-Priority Organics, Metals, Ammonia, Nutrients, Silt/Sediment, Oxygen Demand, Salts, Aesthetics	CSOs	Industrial, Municipal, Contaminated Sediment, Agricultural, Urban Runoff	1996 PWL List
Onondaga Lake Watershed	N/A	Towns of Onondaga, Lafayette, Dewitt, Geddes, Camillus, Van Buren, Clay, Salina, Cicero, Manlius. Villages of East Syracuse, North Syracuse, Liverpool, Solvay, Camillus, Manlius. City of Syracuse.	Onondaga Lake	Phosphorus, Ammonia, Pathogens, Mercury, Sediment, Salt	Oxygen Demand, Aesthetics	CSOs, Municipal, Industrial	Urban/Stormwater Runoff, Agriculture	Onondaga Lake Partnership Website
Onondaga Lake Watershed	N/A	Towns of Onondaga, Lafayette, Dewitt, Geddes, Camillus, Van Buren, Clay, Salina, Cicero, Manlius. Villages of East Syracuse, North Syracuse, Liverpool, Solvay, Camillus, Manlius. City of Syracuse	Onondaga Lake			Pesticides, Petroleum Products, Road Salt, Fertilizers, Sediment	Stormwater Runoff	Onondaga Lake Management Plan, 1993
Oswego/ Seneca River	0701-0001	Baldwinsville, Lysander, Van Buren, Geddes, Salina, Clay, Phoenix	Oswego and Seneca River Watersheds	Salts	Non-Priority Organics, Metals, Ammonia, Nutrients, pH, Silt/Sediment, Oxygen Demand, Pathogens, Aesthetics	Industrial	Municipal, Contaminated Sediments, Urban Runoff, CSOs, Hydromodification	1996 PWL List
Pools Brook and Tributary	0703-0016	Town of Manlius	Oneida Lake	Silt/Sediment		Construction	Hydromodification	1996 PWL List
Seneca River	0701-0008	Lysander, Baldwinsville, Van Buren	Seneca River	Pathogens	Nutrients, Silt/Sediment, Oxygen Demand, Aesthetics	On-Site Systems	Municipal, Agriculture, Urban Runoff, Storm Sewers, Streambank Erosion	1996 PWL List
Syracuse Urban Area	N/A	Urban Areas in Madison, Onondaga & Oswego Counties	Oneida Lake, Onondaga Lake, Seneca River, Oswego River	Phosphorus	Silt/Sediment	Construction site runoff & runoff from impervious surfaces		EPF - 2003 Information for Applicants
Note: The relationship between major pollutants and primary sources is not exclusive. Major pollutants do not solely come from primary sources. Similarly, primary sources do not solely contribute primary pollutants.

Pollutants of concern that are commonly associated with stormwater

Floatables: street litter that floats on or near the surface
Settleables: soil/dirt particles that fall to the bottom quickly, possibly from construction, soil erosion and municipal operations
Suspended Solids: smaller soil particles that make the water cloudy, possibly from construction, soil erosion and municipal operations
Phosphorus: attached to soil particles, possibly from household, business or municipal operations (fertilizers)
Coliform: pathogens, possibly form illicit discharges, pet wastes
Oil and Grease: possibly from illicit discharges or runoff from roads and parking lots

Pollutants of concern that are sometimes associated with stormwater

Nitrogen: dissolved in water column from fertilizers and atmospheric deposition
Metals (and other chemicals): possibly from illicit discharges, municipal operations and atmospheric deposition
BOD: Biodegradable materials that use up the oxygen in the water, possibly from illicit discharges and municipal operations

Source: NYS DEC (2003) Guidelines for Completing the NOI

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