Stormwater Management

Household Hazardous
Waste

• Never dump anything down a
  storm drain.  All storm drains flow directly to creeks and lakes.

• Take used oil, paint and
  other households hazardous waste to recycling centers.

• Check your car for oil or
  other leaks.

Animal Waste

• Pick up after your pets.
  Dispose of animal waste properly in a trash receptacle or flush it
  down the toilet.

Lawn Care

• Apply fertilizers and
  pesticides exactly where you want them.  Avoid over spraying them
  onto sidewalks, driveways or streets.

• Reduce the amount of
  fertilizers you need to apply by testing the soil in your yard first.

Reducing Runoff

• Adjust sprinklers so that
  you’re not watering the street or sidewalk.

• Redirect roof gutters to
  lawns, natural areas or rain gardens.

• Take your car to a car wash
  instead of washing it on the driveway.

Pool Water

• • Pool water must be dechlorinated before discharging.
    

  • The federal Clean Water Act prohibits the discharge of pollutants to waters.
    Even seemingly small concentrations of chlorine can harm aquatic life. Chlorine can
    be very toxic to fish, small crustaceans, and plankton. The U.S. Environmental
    Protection Agency acknowledges that at 1mg/L or less chlorine has high acute
    toxicity to aquatic organisms.
    

  • It is against federal law to discharge chlorinated water without first reducing chlorine
    to acceptable levels (<0.1 mg/L).

    Consider the following options for removing chlorine:
    

  • Simply stop adding chlorine to your uncovered pool and wait. Sunlight will help
    to naturally dissipate the chlorine within 10 days. During that time, use
    a swimming pool test kit to measure chlorine.

  • Chemically dechlorinate the pool water. Chemicals that will quickly remove chlorine are available through pool and spa care vendors.
    

Yard Waste

• Sweep up yard debris
  instead of washing it away.

• Bundle yard waste at the
  curb for pickup.

• Blow leaves and grass
  clippings back into your yard instead of leaving them in the street to
  wash down the storm drain.

• Use a compost bin to turn
  yard waste into a useful gardening product.

Planting

• Replant bare areas to
  avoid soil erosion.

• Keep invasive plants from
  growing in your yard.  Remove them before they have a chance t
  grow and spread.

• Avoid planting exotic
  plants.  Select only plants that are native to this area.

Volunteer

• Report spills, dumping or
  suspected water pollution to the Village.

• Clear clogged storm
  drains.  Blocked drains cause drainage problems.

• Participate in
  community-wide clean-up days and other events.

• Alert neighbors to the
  stormwater pollution problem.

Your Septic System

Overflowing septic systems can result in pathogen pollution:

• Have your septic system inspected at least every 3 years by a professional

• Your tank pumped as recommended by the inspector (generally every 3 to 5 years).

• Household chemicals, gasoline, oil, pesticides, antifreeze, paint, etc. should be taken to the Town S.T.O.P collection sites and not flushed. Overflowing septic systems can pollute our waterways.

Geese and other Waterfowl

Droppings from geese and ducks can be a significant source of pathogens that pollute our waterways:

• Don’t feed geese and ducks, it encourages them to remain and become full-time residents and create a nuisance

• Feeding them bread and popcorn in unhealthy for the birds

• Feeding concentrates geese and leads to human/goose conflicts

1. Water-line flushing, except
   super-chlorinated water line flushing.
2. Landscape irrigation.
3. Uncontaminated groundwater
   infiltration.
4. Uncontaminated, pumped groundwater.
5. Discharge from potable water sources.
6. Foundation drains.

7. Air conditioning condensate.
8. Irrigation water.
9. Springs.
10. Lawn watering.
11. De-chlorinated swimming pool
    discharge.
12. Street wash water.
13. Flows from emergency fire and rescue
    operations other than those resulting from negligence on the part of
    the person who owned or controlled the pollutant.