New York

Erie County

6 of the 20 named waters in Erie County carry a fish consumption advisory. Those are listed first below — the rest have no advisory on file.

Contaminants found here: Mercury, PCBs, PFOS

Waters with advisories

• Buffalo River and Inner Harbor coastal
• Delaware Park Lake/Hoyt Lake lake
• Ellicott Creek, downstream of Glens Falls at Amherst State Park river
• Erie Canal, between Lockport and Niagara River/ Tonawanda Creek downstream of Pendleton river
• Niagara River, upstream of Niagara Falls river
• Scajaquada Creek river

Other named waters in Erie County

14 waters with no advisory on file. Listed so you can confirm we've looked — not as evidence the fish are safe.

• Bonny Lake
• Buffalo Outer Harbor
• Buffalo River
• Cedar Swamp
• Chippawa Channel Niagara River
• Clear Lake
• Gala Water
• Grandview Bay
• Green Lake
• Lake Jerome
• Little River
• Lotus Bay
• Orchard Park Reservoir
• Swan Lake (historical)