Stormwater and Pollution Info and Links

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) & DEC Stormwater (MS4) website
http://www.dec.ny.gov/
http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8695.html Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4s) (home page)
http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/9006.html Additional MS4 tools and Resources (links on right side of page)
http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/29080.html Reducing the Impacts of Stormwater Runoff from New Developments (document images)
http://www.dec.ny.gov/65.html NYS DEC Regulations and Enforcement
http://www.dec.ny.gov/public/929.html Pollution Prevention Starts at Home
http://www.dec.ny.gov/permits/6321.html Constructing Recreational and Farm Ponds
http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/5098.html Top 12 Things Your Community Can Do to Protect Water Resources
1. Reduce the amount of impervious surface in new development
2. Practice land conservation or conduct acquisition to protect sensitive areas
3. Create and/or protect stream and wetland buffers
4. Enact or enforce a strict erosion and sediment control program
5. Require stormwater best management practices (BMPs) for new development
6. Restore degraded stormwater systems, retrofit where necessary
7. Use best available technology for sewage treatment plants and septic systems
8. Initiate a community-based education and outreach program to landowners
9. Monitor and assess your water to provide baseline data and identify changes in water quality
10. Create a local enforcement program for stormwater violations and illicit connections
11. Develop an operation and maintenance program to reduce pollutant loading from your municipality's buildings, roads and parks that includes training for municipal employees
12. Work with neighboring communities at a watershed level to implement and accomplish goals.

Town of Philipstown Stormwater Management Program
http://www.philipstown.com/stormwaterr.html
Section 1 - Public Education
Section 2 - Public Involvement
Section 3 - Illicit Discharge
Section 4 - Construction Site Run Off
Section 5 - Post Construction
Section 6 - Pollution Prevention
http://www.philipstown.com/swfactsheet1.html Fact Sheet
http://www.philipstown.com/Yr%204%20Amendment%20to%20Local%20Laws,%20May%2018,%202007.pdf

USA EPA
http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/runoff.html Polluted Runoff: Runoff Controls
http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/urbanize/report.html Polluted Runoff: Urbanization and Streams: Studies of Hydrologic Impacts
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/stream_restoration/ Stream Corridor Restoration

Riverkeeper
http://www.riverkeeper.com/

Additional websites

http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/stormwater/menuofbmps/index.cfm National Menu of Stormwater Best Management Practices
[Public Education - BMPs for MS4s to inform individuals and households about ways to reduce stormwater pollution.
Public Involvement - BMPs for MS4s to involve the public in the development, implementation, and review of an MS4's stormwater management program.
Illicit Discharge Detection & Elimination - BMPs for identifying and eliminating illicit discharges and spills to storm drain systems.
Construction - BMPs for MS4s and construction site operators to address stormwater runoff from active construction sites.
Post-construction - BMPs for MS4s, developers, and property owners to address stormwater runoff after construction activities have completed.
Pollution Prevention/Good Housekeeping - BMPs for MS4s to address stormwater runoff from their own facilities and activities. ]

http://www.projectwet.org/ Water Education for Teachers
[The mission of Project WET is to reach children, parents, educators, and communities of the world with water education. We invite you to join us in educating children about the most precious resource on the planet – water.]