LINK: Onondaga Lake- A Timeline of Pollution 1600-2000 by Michael Oberg Onondaga Lake is roughly 4.5 miles long, 1 mile wide, and lies in Central New York, next to the city of Syracuse. The lake has ...

Because of the complexity and severity of the toxic waste, in 1994 Onondaga Lake was added to the federal Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). The Onondaga Lake Superfund is broken down into 9 ...