Summary of Permitted Point Source Loads to Cayuga Lake and Tributaries
Facility |
Type |
Discharge Segment |
Permitted Flow (mgd) |
| Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Plant | Municipal wastewater | Class A segment, Cayuga Lake | 10 * |
| Cayuga Heights Wastewater Treatment Plant | Municipal wastewater | Class A segment, Cayuga Lake | 2 |
| Village of Union Springs | Municipal wastewater | Class A(T) segment, Cayuga Lake | 0.33 |
| Village of Aurora | Municipal wastewater | Paines Creek at confluence with Lake, Class D | 0.3 |
| Village of Trumansburg | Municipal wastewater | Trumansburg Creek, Class D | 0.25 |
| Village of Dryden and Village of Freeville |
Municipal wastewater | Fall Creek, Class B | 0.27 (Dryden) 0.125 (Freeville) |
| Village of Interlaken | Municipal wastewater | Minors Creek, Class D | 0.1 |
| Town of Newfield | Municipal wastewater | Groundwater (Class GA) |
0.03 |
| Cayuga Lake State Park (seasonal) |
Non-municipal wastewater |
Class A (T) segment, Cayuga Lake |
0.0491 |
| Lodi Fire Hall | Non-municipal wastewater |
Groundwater (Class GA) |
0.0015 |
| Happy Landing Restaurant., Interlaken | Non-municipal wastewater |
Powell Creek (Class D) | 0.001 |
| Deerhead Inn, Seneca Falls |
Non-municipal wastewater |
Groundwater (Class GA) |
<0.001 |
| Seneca Falls | Water filtration plant backwash | Class A(T) segment, Cayuga Lake | Not specified |
| Village of Cayuga | Water filtration plant backwash | Class B(T) segment, Cayuga Lake | Not specified |
| Southern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Authority (Bolton Point) | Water filtration plant backwash | Class AA(T) segment, Cayuga Lake | Not specified |
| Cornell University | Water filtration plant backwash | Fall Creek, Class B (5 outfalls, 1 is to groundwater) |
Not specified |
| City of Ithaca | Water filtration plant backwash | Sixmile Creek, Class B | Not specified |
* Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Plant has applied to NYSDEC for an increased discharge of 13 mgd.
mgd = million gallons per day
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