Tenafly: The Pond in the Commons and Chemicals

TruGreen. A Whale of a Company, as advertised on the truck's side. Of course a whale is leaping out of the water

I received the borough of Tenafly's Newsletter today (August 2009, volume 50, Issue 3). On page 8, Storm Water Pollution is discussed. Suggestions are made, but no town ordinances have been issued specifying the quantity of fertilizer that can be applied. Soil testing is suggested but not required; the same for pesticides. Tenafly is "talking the talk but not walking the walk;" suggestions go unheeded, unless backed up with a SERIOUS educational campaign and or fines. Specific rules are needed. When Tenafly itself does not adhere to its recommendations, how seriously can the admonitions be taken by its citizens? The Little League Field in Tenafly Commons was sprayed one morning with herbicides for that green look (5/21/2009, 7:11am). For days after the area reeked of chemicals. And to think that children were playing on that polluted dangerous grass is mind -boggling.
That the pond, a feeder into the Tenakill Brook, one of the sources for Bergen County's drinking water, is providing water that is clean enough to drink is laughable. Take a good look.