The Battle Creek Area Clean Water Partnership is the City of Battle Creek; the City of Springfield; the Calhoun County Water Resources Commissioner; the Calhoun County Road Department, the townships of Bedford, Emmett, Leroy, Newton, and Pennfield, the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center, Kellogg Community College, Battle Creek Area Schools and Lakeview Public Schools joining together with the common goal of protecting the waterways in our area.
Remember to keep an eye out for leaky tanks, discolored or odorous waterways, and suspicious spills! Call the EGLE Pollution Emergency Alert System (PEAS) at 1.800.292.4706, for these environmental emergencies. To report a suspected leak or spill in the City of Battle Creek, please call the 24-hour City of Battle Creek Dispatch number at 269.966.3493.
Remember to keep an eye out for leaky tanks, discolored or odorous waterways, and suspicious spills! Call the EGLE Pollution Emergency Alert System (PEAS) at 1.800.292.4706, for these environmental emergencies. To report a suspected leak or spill in the City of Battle Creek, please call the 24-hour City of Battle Creek Dispatch number at 269.966.3493.
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Healthy watersheds result in a healthy aquatic ecosystem. Healthy watersheds have intact natural habitat with native vegetation, unpolluted waters and natural hydrology with minimum channelization, dams and other obstructions to flow and wildlife migration. Healthy watersheds are vital to quality outdoor recreation including paddling, fishing, swimming and wildlife viewing.
The City of Battle Creek obtains all its drinking water from groundwater. This groundwater is pumped from the prolific sandstone aquifer know as the Marshall Aquifer, which a large aquifer system situated under much of lower Michigan. The water is pumped to the surface at the Verona Well Field (VWF), where it is treated and distributed to residential, commercial and industrial water users.
Water is something we often take for granted. From the lakes and streams we play and fish in, to the water we use every day to clean and nourish our bodies, water plays an important part in our lives. It's a natural resource that we simply can't live without. That's why it's our responsibility to protect our water resources.
Water pollution comes from either point sources (PS) or nonpoint sources (NPS). PS pollution comes from a single, easily-identifiable source such as an industry or wastewater treatment plant. NPS pollution comes from diffuse sources and is commonly caused by rainfall or snowmelt moving over and through the ground picking up pollutants and depositing them in rivers, lakes, wetlands and groundwater.
Excess salt can run off paved surfaces into surface and groundwater increasing chloride concentrations to unacceptable levels. Shovel snow early and often in the winter and try an alternative to salt, such as kitty litter or potassium chloride. The next time you mow your lawn, mulch, bag, or compost your grass clippings, but don't let it run into the storm drains.
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