Per New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

• How we can help protect our water both surface water and groundwater.
• Identify the pest and learn about the best way to control it. Decide if pesticides re needed.
• Wait for the appropriate weather conditions and directly target the pest when applying a pesticide.
• Sweep up granular pesticides that fall on walks and driveways.
• Leave buffer areas of vegetation near streams and waterways.
• Know the approximate depth to groundwater in the areas you intend to treat with a pesticide.
• Do not mix pesticides near your well.
• If storing pesticides, use locked cabinets or sheds.
• Store pesticides in their original containers.
• Never pour leftover pesticides down the sink, bathtub drain, storm sewer, or on the ground outside.

Protecting our water is everybody's business. Other brochures in pesticide series are available from
http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dow/index.html.