Is the lake safe?

New York

Toxic algae in Delaware County lakes

7 lakes and waterways in Delaware County have harmful algal bloom reports in New York's official data. The most recent entry is for Pepacton Reservoir: Pepacton Reservoir was on New York's harmful algal bloom list on 29 October 2025, with confirmed bloom status (1 report). Cannonsville Reservoir, Launt Pond and East Sidney Lake and 1 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.