Stormwater Training 2025

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Print and share this form to help spread awareness on stormwater protection. Thank you!

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This pdf form is for Managers/Supervisors to print off and have their staff print, sign and date when they complete their training. This form needs to be returned to ENV Dept. after all your staff has completed training.

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Are you a City of Battle Creek Employee?* This field is required.

YESNO

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Please fill out employee name, department, today's date & time.

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Please fill out your name, jurisdiction, today's date & time.

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Content is rated G: Only creepy part is a clown hiding in a storm inlet. Credit to City of Waco Productions: mywacotv.com

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RECAP. The City of Battle Creek has a separate sanitary sewer system and storm sewer system. The sanitary system (shown in green) gets treated at the Wastewater Treatment Plant. The storm system (shown in red) flows untreated to the nearest river, stream, lake or pond.

See picture below of the City's GIS utility viewer. The red square (circled below) shows one of the many outfalls we have. Outfalls are where the stormwater flows into the river.

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RECAP. Any discharge into a storm drain other than "rain or snowmelt" is considered an illicit discharge. This includes litter, pet waste and even yard debris. This violates section 6 of Chapter 1047 of the City's Code of Ordinances:

"1047.06 (a) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into the MS4 or watercourses any materials ...

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RECAP. How can we help?

Report any suspicious activity to your supervisor. Snap a picture/video.
Clean up any spills and properly discard of kitty litter or absorbent material.
Use absorbent socks to block storm inlets when working near them to catch unwanted materials (liquids or solids) entering the system.
Keep grass clippings/yard debris out of the streets and away from storm inlets.
Report environmental emergencies to the 24-hour Pollution Emergency Alerting System (PEAS) Hotline at 800-292-4706.

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Question 1: All stormwater from storm drains in the roadways and in parking lots flow to the Wastewater Treatment Plant for treatment.* This field is required.

TRUEFALSE

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FALSE! It flows untreated to our local rivers, lakes, ponds, streams.

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Question 2: Stormwater runoff is a problem because it discharges to rivers and lakes without treatment.* This field is required.

TRUEFALSE

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TRUE! Any loose debris, garbage, or pollutants in the streets will be washed into the storm drains and then to local water bodies during a rain event.

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Question 3: Polluted stormwater runoff that occurs here within the Kalamazoo River Watershed will not affect Lake Michigan.* This field is required.

TRUEFALSE

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FALSE! It will affect Lake Michigan! The Kalamazoo River flows into Lake Michigan at Saugatuck.

See picture below of our watershed.

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Remember: Even though you may not live in Battle Creek, you have potential to impact our environment.

As shown in the map of the Kalamazoo River Watershed in the previous slide, all waterways are connected. What happens here affects Battle Creek and those downstream of us.

"Tug on anything in nature and you will find it connected to everything else."

-John Muir

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Who was the star character in the training video?* This field is required.

Iron Man

Pennywise

Yoda

Captain Jack Sparrow

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Sign below. If completed as a group have supervisor sign below.

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