Is the lake safe?

New York

Toxic algae in Cayuga County lakes

8 lakes and waterways in Cayuga County have harmful algal bloom reports in New York's official data. The most recent entry is for Lake Como: Lake Como was on New York's harmful algal bloom list on 18 August 2025, with confirmed bloom status (1 report). Lake Como, Seneca River and Sucker Brook and 3 more have had blooms in three or more years.

Other waterbodies with a report

These have one or two reports in a single year, which isn't enough history for a page of their own yet.

Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), official data, checked 24 October 2026. For today's conditions see the NYHABS map. No report doesn't mean a lake is safe: most water is only tested occasionally.