Groton complains to DEC about limit

Officials from Groton have sent a letter to the state Department of Environmental Conservation contesting the projected phosphorus limit for their wastewater treatment plant which drains into the Owasco Lake inlet.

“This new limit was clearly based on political pressure,” said Charles Rankin, the village's clerk-treasurer and administrator. “We are being targeted like we are the only source of phosphorus getting into the lake.”

If the DEC does not change it's requirements, the village will have no choice but to find a way to comply, Rankin said.