Syracuse, N.Y. – New York state has fined Onondaga County for letting diluted but untreated sewage to back up through manhole covers at two industries in Solvay.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation has ordered the county to pay a $10,000 fine and contribute $40,000 toward a project to help reduce sediment from flowing into Onondaga Creek and ultimately to Onondaga Lake.
This is the second time in less than a year the county has been fined for letting sewage spill into Onondaga Lake, which the county spent more than $750 million to clean up over the past few decades…