Sources of water

The water that OCWA delivers meets or exceeds all government environmental standards. OCWA delivers water from three sources:

  • Otisco Lake, which is treated by OCWA itself. this is our main source.
  • Lake Ontario, which is treated by the Metropolitan Water Board (MWB) and sold wholesale to OCWA
  • Skaneateles Lake, which is treated by the Syracuse Water Department and also sold to OCWA.

Customers may also get a mixture of these waters. For example, OCWA can deliver water to the City of Syracuse when the City's supply is running low.
 

Click here for the water service area map.

 

Onondaga County
Towns, cities Water source Villages Water source
Camillus Otisco/Skaneateles Baldwinsville Ontario*
Cicero Otisco/Ontario Camillus Otisco
Clay Otisco/Ontario E. Syracuse Otisco/Ontario
DeWitt Otisco/Ontario/Skaneateles Fayetteville Ontario
Geddes Otisco/Ontario/Skaneateles Liverpool Otisco/Ontario
Lafayette Ontario Manlius Ontario
Lysander Ontario Marcellus Otisco*
Manlius Ontario/Skyridge Wells Minoa Otisco/Ontario
Marcellus Otisco N. Syracuse Otisco/Ontario
Onondaga Otisco/Skaneateles Solvay Otisco
Pompey Ontario    
Salina Otisco/Ontario    
Syracuse Otisco/Ontario*    
Tully Tully Valley Springs    
Van Buren Otisco/Ontario    
*Emergency connection only

Madison County
Towns, cities Water source Villages Water source
Lenox Ontario Canastota Ontario
Sullivan Ontario Chittenango Ontario
Oneida (City) Ontario*    
*Emergency connection only

Oneida County
Towns, cities Water source Villages Water source
Verona Ontario Sylvan Beach Ontario
Vienna Ontario    
Annsville Ontario    

Oswego County
Towns, cities Water source Villages Water source
Fulton Ontario*    
Hastings Ontario Central Square Ontario
Oswego (Town) Ontario Phoenix Ontario*
Oswego (City) Ontario*    
West Monroe Ontario    
Volney Ontario    
Minetto Ontario    
Scriba Ontario*    
*Emergency Connection Only


 
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After hours & weekend emergency answering service 315-475-7601