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Canandaigua Lake Watershed Council Protecting the Lifeblood of the Region TownsBristol Canandaigua Gorham Hopewell Italy Middlesex Naples Potter South Bristol VillagesNaples Newark Palmyra Rushville CityCanandaigua Who We Are The Canandaigua Lake Watershed Council is a coalition of 14 watershed and water purveying municipalities that formed in 1999 through intermunicipal agreement to lead the partnership program to protect Canandaigua Lake. Together we take a comprehensive integrated approach to watershed management that includes research protection restoration and when necessary regulation. Over the last 25 years our researchdriven approach helps us understand lake threats and informs our restoration and protection efforts helping to safeguard the drinking water source for over 70000 residents. The Concern Lost Natural Capital Climate change and highintensity storm events are increasing runoff to the lake making it more vulnerable to nutrient increases that may fuel harmful algal blooms HABs.