Scofieldtown toxins create compost concerns

North Stamford Resident wrote:

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Where does the Poorhouse Brook Watershed enter into the Rippowam River Watershed?

From the CIty's EPB Watershed map, it looks like Poorhouse Brook come mighty close to the Rippowan River Watershed, at the point of High Ridge Road, Interlaken Road and Meridith Lane. Zoom in on the map in that section.

RICKY THE BITCH wrote:

EMERSON THE LITTLE, BIG SHOT FROM THE EPB HIDES IN HIS OFFICE, THEN BUST CHOPS BECAUSE YOUR SHED IS TO CLOSE TO WET LANDS, LETS GO BIG SHOT,LETS SEE WHAT YOUR MADE OF, TAKE YOUR **** BOY AND EARN YOUR MONEY

Wrong target. The health dept traditionally gets involved with contamination.

Facts wrote:

O.K. this is only anecdotal evidence. About 4-5 years ago I reseeded some spots on my lawn. I bought some bags of topsoil but because I was cheap I also got some "top"soil from the downtown recycling center.
The end result was, that I had nice grass growing with the bought topsoil and almost none with the recycling center soil.
Never used the stuff from the recycling center again.

Could be something as simple as the pH was off. Or not.

Frijoles wrote:

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Could be something as simple as the pH was off. Or not.

I agree. But at the time I did wonder about the inability of that soil to sustain grass. Maybe I should use it, instead of mulch, to prevent weed growth!

Facts wrote:

O.K. this is only anecdotal evidence. About 4-5 years ago I reseeded some spots on my lawn. I bought some bags of topsoil but because I was cheap I also got some "top"soil from the downtown recycling center.
The end result was, that I had nice grass growing with the bought topsoil and almost none with the recycling center soil.
Never used the stuff from the recycling center again.

I've been using the compost from the city on my lawn for years and the grass grows great.

Stamford EPB is a joke.
Obstructionist scum who rubber stamp anything for developers but hassle the little people.
Their efforts have made Stamford into a toxic waste dump for Rich/Mercedes.
Was cash involved?

David wrote:

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I've been using the compost from the city on my lawn for years and the grass grows great.

Maybe I got a "bad" patch. Or maybe it was the spot I put it on. I have no idea and I didn't repeat the experiment.
That is why I phrased it "anecdotal evidence". I can't substantiate it.

easter bunny wrote:

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Vox, when was this?

You're not going to make me enter the archive room, are you?
It was during Julius Wilensky's second term, I believe, so that would be between '71 & '73. The city was in a landfill crisis. Dyke Park was surrounded by driven steel sheeting, and the last local landfill was born. The fire came after there was plenty of material in there.
Wilensky went so far as to propose filling the southeastern part of Stamford Harbor, right out to the breakwater. Shot down.
Then he wanted Hollander's property (Omega) in Sprngdale. Shot down. People were dumping garbage in the Mayor's front yard at night!
The solution was the haul-away program. But, the New York carters had their own issues. They filled a wetland in Tarrytown where the Westchester Premier Theatre was later built. You know, the one where Sinatra was photographed with Carlo Gambino and his "friends," the one where those "friends" skimmed the ticket sales to death. Yeah, that one. Yeah, those guys.

Argh!
The computer has censored a word considered perjorative to dominant gay women!
Honestly, it was called D/y/k/e Park, because there had been a d/y/k/e there (long before the Hurricane Barrier) to prevent flooding in the South End, much of which is still below sea level!

Concerned Stamfordite wrote:

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From the CIty's EPB Watershed map, it looks like Poorhouse Brook come mighty close to the Rippowan River Watershed, at the point of High Ridge Road, Interlaken Road and Meridith Lane. Zoom in on the map in that section.

That is where they meet. Culverts conduct water from the Bendels Pond Dam spillway on the Museum grounds under High Ridge Road and into the river.