Sonic technology is used to identify a lake's salt sources.
Characterizing and managing the quality of both surface and ground water are issues that are of great importance throughout the United States. Factors that affect the quality may be local or regional, natural or man-made, chemical, hydrological or all of the above. The Onondaga Lake and Tully Valley region of New York, near Syracuse, is no exception. Surface and ground water quality is either known or believed to be affected by a number of natural and human-related factors.
The Onondaga Lake Cleanup Corporation (OLCC), headed by Dr. Ed Michalenko, was created in 1990 to address remedial measures to clean Onondaga Lake. In 2000, the Onondaga Lake Partnership (OLP) was created to facilitate and coordinate development and implementation of projects for the environmental restoration, conservation and management of Onondaga Lake. This partnership includes members of the OLCC, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State of New York.