TheNew York State Stormwater Management Design Manual provides designers with a general overview on how to size, design, select, and locate stormwater management practices at a development site to comply with State stormwater performance standards. This manual is a key component of the Phase II State Pollution Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) general permit for stormwater runoff from construction activities from all sizes of disturbance.

On Saturday, July 24, 2010, members of the Eastchester/Scarsdale based Annie Sullivan Lions Club assisted the Village in implementing it’s Stormwater Management Program by marking catch basins, commonly known as storm drains, in the Fox Meadow and Greenacres neighborhoods.  Storm drains discharge directly into rivers, lakes, ponds, streams, wetlands and bays. This means that any debris, chemicals, dirt, and/or other pollutants that flow or are dumped into storm drains, flow untreated into the waterbodies we use for swimming, fishing, and providing drinking water.  The group met at Village Hall at 8:30AM where they received a tutorial, maps, adhesive, and markers from Village staff. The group then split into two groups, one for each neighborhood, and marked catch basins with circle markers until 12:30PM and had lunch at Village Hall. The group marked an estimated 230 catch basins.  The group plans to continue mark additional catch basins on August 16, 2010.  The Village thanks New York State Assemblywoman Amy Paulin for her assistance in coordinating this activity with the Annie Sullivan Lions Club and assisting in the event herself. For information about the Annie Sullivan Lions Club contact Joanne Pergolis at jrpergolis@verizon.net and/or 914-282-3294. If anyone is interested in volunteering to mark catch basins (storm drains) in the Village, contact John D. Goodwin in the Village Manager’s Office at jgoodwin@scarsdale.com or 914-722-1110.

The Household Detergent and Nutrient Runoff Law (Chapter 205 of the laws of 2010), was signed into law by the Governor on July 15, 2010. This law will improve water quality in New York by reducing phosphorus runoff into the State's waterbodies. It will also reduce costs to local governments and private entities required to remove excess phosphorus from stormwater and wastewater, and will expand recreational uses of the state's waters.  The Household Detergent and Nutrient Runoff Law amends section 35-105 and adds a new Title 21 to Article 17 of the Environmental Conservation Law.