Chloride & Sodium Concentrations. A Bit Smaller… Superior82,414 km 2 Michigan22,400 km 2 Huron23,010 km 2 Erie9,930 km 2 Ontario7,520 km 2 Conesus14 km.

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Chloride & Sodium Concentrations

A Bit Smaller… Superior82,414 km 2 Michigan22,400 km 2 Huron23,010 km 2 Erie9,930 km 2 Ontario7,520 km 2 Conesus14 km 2 Hemlock7 km 2 Canadice3 km 2 Honeoye7 km 2 Canandaigua42 km 2 Keuka47 km 2 Seneca175 km 2 Cayuga172 km 2 Owasco27 km 2 Skaneateles36 km 2 Otisco8 km 2

Seneca Lake Watershed: Land Use, Subwatersheds & Bedrock Geology

Source Chloride & Sodium Ions Cathy Caiazza (WS’05) Duke U. PhD Program Seneca Lake

Source Chloride & Sodium Ions Timothy Riley (H’01) SUNY-ESF, Masters Science

Source Salts: Sodium Ions: Mass balance data Seneca Lake 80 ppm (~1.2 million tons) Streams 20 ppm 15,000 mt/yr Road Salt Outlet 80 ppm 60,000 mt/yr Evaporation ~0 ppm Concentrates Ions in Lake Rain ~0 ppm Dilutes Ions in Lake Industry? Groundwater / Rock Salt Bedrock? 40 to 45,000 mt/yr Sodium Industry? Groundwater / Rock Salt Bedrock? 40 to 45,000 mt/yr Sodium (~450 railroad cars) plus 60 to 70,000 mt/yr Chloride (+680 railroad cars)

Finger Lake Bedrock

Basin Depths

Source Chloride & Sodium Ions Sediment Pore Waters Bedrock X-Section NorthSouth Lake ~5 mMol Rock Salt Rob Stewart, (H’03) Environmental Consulting

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