The Tippecanoe County Partnership for Water Quality has developed a new educational brochure for the food service industry.  The brochure includes helpful tips for handling food waste disposal, oil and grease disposal, minor spill cleanups, major spill cleanups, washwater disposal, dumpster cleanup, and floor mat cleaning.  An electronic copy of the brochure is available on this website on the businesses page under the restaurant heading or you can view it by clicking here.  Hard copies of the brochure are available for pick up in the offices of the TCPWQ members (listed in the column to the right).  Additionally, the Tippecanoe County Health Department will distribute the brochures to local restaurants as they do their restaurant inspections.

Ever wondered what's lurking under all those manhole covers?  Discarded goldfish, giant alligators, the Toxic Avenger?  Well, here's a sneak peek, but be warned...its not pretty.  The picture to the right shows one of the many stormwater catch basins located in Tippecanoe County.  This one, in particular, is located in Battle Ground.  These catch basins are part of the stormwater drainage system.  Much of the drainage from roads, parking lots, and housing additions is collected into an intricate system of pipes that eventually empty into a local creek.  This system is often called the storm drain system or the storm sewer.  Catch basins are located periodically along this system.  Drainage enters through the pipe, as shown to the right, and drops into the catch basin. Water will not leave the catch basin unless it evaporates or the basin fills with more water and reaches the level of the exit pipe.