The south is about 17 acres (6.9 ha) in size and 10 feet (3.0 m) deep, while the north is made up of two segments covering approximately 6 acres (2.4 ha), ranging from 3–6 feet (0.91–1.83 m) deep.

The DuPont company spent $50 million dollars and nearly twenty years in a remedial cleanup effort of the site's Stratford, Connecticut portion.

The report notes that munitions were disposed of in several areas of the northern section of the lake.

[4] As of 2015, development plans have been slow to materialize for the site, and an advocacy group aligned with the Sierra Club is attempting to have the lake and the land surrounding it preserved as open space.

[9] This is likely because the lake is contaminated with both mercury and lead in high concentrations as well as storm water runoff carrying hazardous debris.