Stormwater Management Public Education And Outreach Survey

Pelham NY

29 March, 2022

11:15 PM

Description

Press release from the Village of Pelham: March 29, 2022 Dear Village Residents: "On March 10, 2003, the Village of Pelham began the development of its Stormwater Management Plan, mandated by the United States Department of Environmental Protection and administered by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The plan requires that the Village make every effort to improve the water quality of its streams, lakes, and rivers. The Village must implement six (6) minimum control measures, including educating the public, soliciting participation and involvement of the public, detection and elimination of illicit discharges, control of construction site runoff, maintenance and operation of post-construction structural Best Management Practices and pollution prevention and good housekeeping at municipal facilities. Recognizing the need for improving the quality of our surface waters, the Village passed legislation in the initial stages of its Stormwater Management Program, designed to control the quantity and quality of runoff from new development and redevelopment, and ensure that stormwater runoff from a project once completed, created minimal or no impact on water quality. Pelham has been a proponent of maintaining and improving water quality and is part of a municipal consortium working to enhance water quality in the Hutchinson River and Long Island Sound. Learn what you can about improving stormwater quality by visiting the following websites: Village of Pelham Stormwater Management at https://www.pelhamgov.com/stormwater-management U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at https://www.epa.gov/greeningepa/water-management NYS Dept of Environmental Conservation at http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8468.html Center for Watershed Protection at http://www.cwp.org Please click the link below to participate in the stormwater questionnaire: https://forms.gle/DdpAZPFaRM3tXDNeA Thank you." This press release was produced by the Village of Pelham. The views expressed here are the author's own.