STORMWATER SOLUTIONS:
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR YOUR HOUSEHOLD
(NELSON, POPE AND VOORHIS, LLC)
| Stormwater runoff occurs when precipitation from rain or snowmelt
flows over the ground. Stormwater can pick up debris, chemicals, dirt,
and other pollutants and flow into a storm sewer system or directly
nearby waterbodies. By practicing healthy household habits,
homeowners can keep common pollutants like pesticides, pet waste,
grass clippings, and automotive fluids off the ground and out of
stormwater. Here are some tips for healthy household habits.
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Dispose of household chemicals properly at a hazardous waste collection location, not in storm sewers, drains, or
cesspools. Take advantage of the Town of Brookhaven STOP Program Horseblock Road (adjacent to the
landfill); 286-8551 open weekdays and Saturdays; 9:00 - 12:00.
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Purchase household detergents and cleaners that are low in phosphorous to reduce the amount of nutrients
discharged into tributaries and bays.
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Sweep, rather than hose, driveways and other paved areas around the home. Do not sweep sediments into
the street.
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Clean up after your pet. Carry disposable bags while walking your dog to pick up and dispose of waste properly.
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Use a commercial car wash or wash cars and boats on a pervious surface using non-toxic, biodegradable cleaners.
Avoid having wash water directed into storm drains. Use a hose nozzle to prevent water from running when not
in use.
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Maintain motor vehicles to avoid any leaking fluids such as oil, gasoline, anti-freeze or brake fluid which may
enter stormwater runoff and degrade water quality. Recycle all used motor oil by taking it to a service station or
local recycling center. Do not dump used motor oil down storm drains or on the ground.
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PEAT HOLE POND
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Through donation by the Carl Jacobs Foundation,
the Post-Morrow Foundation has arranged for the
preparation of a New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Historic and Natural Districts Inventory Form and a cultural landscape treatment plan for the
Peat Hole Pond in the Village of Bellport, Suffolk County, New York.
The goal of this project is to aid in the continuing efforts forpreservation opportunities in and around the Peat Hole
Pond. These opportunities include the registration of
the Peat Hole Pond as a historic landmark, whether at
the local, State and/or National level, and to provide a
landscape preservation maintenance guide so that the
Peat Hole Pond may aptly serve as a public
conservation and recreational area.
Research, inventory and documentation, and site
recommendations for the Peat Hole Pond have been
completed by Jayme Breschard, consultant with a
MA in Historic Preservation Planning from Cornell
University. Archival research and oral history
interviews began in August, 2006. Historic research
and cultural landscape treatment proposals were
presented to the Bellport Village Trustees on June 25,
2007. The final report was completed in August, 2007.
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