Dog Waste Removal in Waretown, NJ

Waretown is the bayfront village inside Ocean Township — the Ocean County township along Barnegat Bay, not the Monmouth County town of the same name. It runs along Route 9 on the western shore of the bay, and behind it the land climbs into the Pinelands. That gives the town two very different kinds of yards: lagoon and bayfront lots with bulkheads and docks down near the water, and wooded, sandy properties out toward Wells Mills Road where the lawn fades into oak and pine. Wells Mills County Park, the largest park in Ocean County, sits right here in Waretown, and the Barnegat Branch Trail follows the old rail line through town for residents to walk and bike.

That geography is exactly why dog waste cannot just sit. On a lagoon or bayfront lot there is almost no buffer between the lawn and the water — one heavy rain can carry whatever is on the grass through the bulkhead line and into Barnegat Bay. Pet waste is a well-documented non-point source that contributes to bacteria levels in coastal waters, and Barnegat Bay is a shallow, slow-flushing estuary that is sensitive to that kind of runoff. Bagging and hauling waste offsite every week is the simplest way a bayfront owner keeps it out of the water they boat, crab, and fish in.

Out in the wooded sections, the problem is different but just as real: leaf litter and tree cover hide waste, and it is easy to lose track of it on a larger lot until the smell or the flies show up. We work the whole property, open grass and tree line alike, and we keep the Waretown route running every week of the year so the yard never gets ahead of you.