Archive - Notes from a Watershed - The Mohawk River

Increased summer rainfall in the Mohawk watershed

Water quality, flooding, and ecosystems are affected by more warm-month rain in the Mohawk Watershed

Nov 30, 2023 •

October 2023

Invasive Water Chestnut is choking the lower Mohawk

Explosive growth driven by sediment blocked by the Crescent dam

Oct 24, 2023 •

April 2023

Salinization in the Mohawk Watershed

Road salt contamination in the Great Flats Aquifer threatens public health

Apr 9, 2023 •

September 2022

Aquatic pathway between the Mohawk and Lake Champlain

Aquatic invaders are using the Erie Canal to get into Lake Champlain

Sep 14, 2022 •

August 2022

February 2022

Thick ice on the Mohawk may result in ice jam flooding when spring arrives

Feb 9, 2022 •

January 2022

Termination of License by implied surrender: Herkimer Dam

Move by FERC may result in removal of the Herkimer dam on the West Canada Creek

Jan 18, 2022 •

October 2021

Extreme Rainfall in the Northeast

It's raining a lot and our wastewater system is bursting at the seams. The resulting sewage overflows are impairing our waterways.

Oct 12, 2021 •

August 2021

Stop the invasion: barriers needed between the Mohawk and the Great Lakes

Recent capture of the Round goby in the Hudson River highlights the need to address invasive species in the Erie Canal Corridor

Aug 23, 2021 •

May 2021

Sale of the Stony Creek Reservoir

Liquidation of this water asset will force reliance on the Mohawk River for the Town of Colonie

May 25, 2021 •

April 2021

Early drinking water in Schenectady

In 1897 groundwater replaced "abominable death-dealing water supply" from the Mohawk

Apr 8, 2021 •

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