onondaga lake http://wamc.org en Dredging Set to Start in Polluted Onondaga Lake http://wamc.org/post/dredging-set-start-polluted-onondaga-lake <p>New York State environmental officials say dredging and capping pollution in Onondaga Lake will begin this summer.&nbsp; WAMC&rsquo;s Tristan O&rsquo;Neill reports&hellip;</p><p>The work is part of a $451 million project at the Superfund site, where contamination has already been targeted with cleanups at industrial sites and improved wastewater treatment.</p><p>Decades of industrial activity poured mercury and other metals along with solvents and PCBs into the lake northwest of Syracuse.</p> Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:00:00 +0000 Tristan O'Neill 40230 at http://wamc.org Dredging Set to Start in Polluted Onondaga Lake