Chenango Lake
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NY DEC publishes the water-quality measurements for Chenango Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- Impaired · Oxygen depletion (low DO)
- 22 ft max depth
- Limited data
Chenango Lake in Chenango County, New York has water-quality measurements published by NY DEC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 16.6 ft visibility.
Chenango Lake is a lake in Chenango County, New York with an estimated average depth of about 22 feet.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, NYSDEC, last sampled 2020-09-14. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
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What Chenango Lake is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Clear water16.6 ft of visibility
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Chenango Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for oxygen depletion (low DO). Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Chenango Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the New York Department of Environmental Conservation and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Chenango Lake
These are the measurements NY DEC publishes for Chenango Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Crystal clear, you can see 16.6 ft down. TSI 37.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 16.6ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | No reading The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential. | |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | No reading The green pigment in algae — a direct measure of how much algae is in the water. | |
| Trophic state (TSI)Carlson's 0–100 index of how much algae a lake can support, from clarity, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a. | 37 | Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Low nutrients, clear water. No reading is a swimming clearance.
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Lake Details
Max depth
~22 ft est.
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. New York has not published bathymetry for Chenango Lake.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
0 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Surface area
126 acres
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
2 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
1,745 ft
Size, shoreline, and watershed area from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS). Mean depth here is modelled, not surveyed — HydroLAKES v1.0 estimates lake depth from surrounding terrain rather than from soundings. Treat it as an approximation, and prefer a state bathymetric survey where one exists.
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EPA Impairment Status
Chenango Lake is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2022 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 5).
Causes of impairment
Designated uses not supporting: Aquatic life.
Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit NY0601-0013 · Official waterbody report
Regulated Pollution Sources Nearby
6 EPA-permitted facilities operate within about 5 miles of Chenango Lake under Clean Water Act (NPDES) discharge permits, including 3 classified by the EPA as major dischargers. 5 facilities have a reported Clean Water Act violation in the past three years.
- Norwich Pharmaceuticals, IncNorwich · 4.5 mi away · NPDES NY0004138MajorRecent violation
- Kerry Bio-ScienceNorwich · 4.6 mi away · NPDES NY0004243MajorRecent violation
- Chobani Corporate CampusNorwich · 4.7 mi away · NPDES NY0004146MajorRecent violation
- City Of Norwich Water Filtration PlantNorwich · 3.7 mi away · NPDES NY0284254Recent violation
- South New Berlin Water System Well Filtration FacilityNew Berlin · 4.5 mi away · NPDES NY0284084Recent violation
- Chenango Lake Mobile HomeNew Berlin · 0.6 mi away · NPDES NY0244821
Facilities permitted to discharge under the Clean Water Act within ~5 miles; proximity does not by itself mean a facility affects this lake. Source: EPA ECHO (ICIS-NPDES), as of 2026-07.
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Frequently asked questions about Chenango Lake
Where is Chenango Lake?
- Chenango Lake is a lake in Chenango County, New York. Its water-quality measurements are published by NY DEC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Chenango Lake?
- Chenango Lake in Chenango County, New York has water-quality measurements published by NY DEC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 16.6 ft visibility.
Is Chenango Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Chenango Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for oxygen depletion (low DO). Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Chenango Lake?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Chenango Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 22 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate.
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Where this data comes from
8 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2020. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- North American Lake Management Society
NALMS8 samples · 2020
Monitoring station identifiers (1)
EPA condition classes from the National Lakes Assessment (EPA 841-R-24-006, Table 6-3), applied by ecoregion. See where the data comes from and data sources.
Other records on this page
Impairment status from EPA ATTAINS 303(d) database
Regulated discharger data from EPA ECHO (ICIS-NPDES)
Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)