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Thirtieth Anniversary of the Clean Water Act

  2002 River Cleanup Volunteers  

2002 River Cleanup Volunteers

Volunteers from the 2002 Global Citizens’ River Cleanup Day ate lunch supplied by Meijer Stores after the cleanup.

October 18, 2002 was the thirtieth anniversary of the Clean Water Act.

2002 Global Citizens’ River Cleanup Day

  2002 River Cleanup Volunteers  

2002 River Cleanup Volunteers

Some of the many volunteers from the 2002 Global Citizens’ River Cleanup Day.

Hundreds of volunteers helped as part of the October 5, 2002 River Cleanup Day (Battle Creek Enquirer, October 6, 2002).

Battle Creek's annual River Cleanup Day was scheduled for Saturday, October 5, 2002. Local officials and volunteers were preparing for it. (Battle Creek Enquirer, September 5, 2002).

National Pollution Prevention Week 2002

National Pollution Prevention Week was September 16 through 22, 2002.

2002 Family Water Festival and Annual Leroy Sparks Marathon

A Family Water Festival was held on Tuesday, August 6, 2002 from noon to 3 PM at the Waterfront Seafood Restaurant, 315 West Columbia Ave (on the north shore of Goguac Lake) as part of the 75th Annual Leroy F. Sparks Swim Marathon. The festival was sponsored by the City of Battle Creek and by Calhoun County Community Development (Battle Creek Enquirer, August 7, 2002).

Lake Erie Water

Water quality problems, once thought to have been solved, are reoccurring in Lake Erie (Battle Creek Enquirer Editorial, June 17, 2002).

  2002 River Cleanup Refuse  

2002 River Cleanup Refuse

Some of the refuse collected during the 2002 Global Citizens’ River Cleanup Day

2002 Clean Water Festival

Battle Creek area elementary school students attended a Clean Water Festival at Kellogg Community College (Battle Creek Enquirer, May 17, 2002).

  2002 T-Shirt Design Winner  

The winner of the 2002 Global Citizens’ River Cleanup Day t-shirt design contest, Nick Lopshire of Pennfield Central School.

The winner of the 2002 Global Citizens’ River Cleanup Day t-shirt design contest, Nick Lopshire of Pennfield Central School.

Gull Lake Shoreline Protection

Gull Lake residents explored ways to use plants and other natural materials to construct seawalls to protect lake shorelines (Battle Creek Enquirer, April 18, 2002).

Pennfield Township Wellhead Protection Grant

Pennfield Township has received a $130,000 state grant and has designated a protected area as part of its Wellhead Protection Program (Battle Creek Enquirer, January 14, 2002).

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