Water Pollution at Auburn, New York, Decided to be a Violation of the State Penal Code

The City of Auburn, New York, derives its water supply from Owasco Lake, one of the so-called Finger Lakes of Central New York. It has a drainage area of approximately 200 square miles, and a surface area of 10 square miles. The tributary area has normally rural population, with a few villages on its upper reaches. The Village of Moravia, of about 1500 inhabitants, has a high school with approximately 400 students. The Trustees of this high school caused a sewer to be constructed from the school building to Mill Creek, one of the tributaries of the main inlet stream of Owasco Lake. This building was about 4| miles from the head of the lake. The water supply for the City of Auburn, which has a population of about 35,000, is taken at the other end of the lake, a distance of approximately 14 miles from the high school.