Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><P><SPAN>One of the most accessible parts of a water distribution system, they are often used for attaching pressure gauges or loggers or monitor system water pressure. Point where people are able to tap into a water supply (e.g. for firefighters' use). </SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Originally created by Woolpert Inc. in 1997. Edited by Battle Creek DPW Records Division.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Control valves: check, air release, pressure reducing, gear reduction.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>System valves: butterfly, gate, double gate, tapping gate, RW gate, tapping RW gate, ball valve.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>VOB: valve on branch. Related to fire hydrants, the valves on the hydrant leads.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Originally created by Woolpert Inc. in 1997. Edited by Battle Creek DPW Records Division.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Control valves: check, air release, pressure reducing, gear reduction.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>System valves: butterfly, gate, double gate, tapping gate, RW gate, tapping RW gate, ball valve.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>VOB: valve on branch. Related to fire hydrants, the valves on the hydrant leads.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Originally created by Woolpert Inc. in 1997. Edited by Battle Creek DPW Records Division.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Various water main fittings:</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Tee - can connect pipes of different diameters or change the direction of a pipe run, or both. Three connections.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Bend - connect pipes to change the direction of a pipe run. Two connections. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Cross - connect pipes to change the direction of a pipe run or different diameters. Four connections.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Reducer - connect two pipes of different diameters. Usually leads from larger to smaller diameter pipe.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Wye - connect three pipes, potentially with different diameters. Configured in a "Y" shape.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Sleeve - Tapping Sleeves are used when tapping into a pipe while it is under pressure. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Plug - used to end a water main at an unused section.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Originally created by Woolpert Inc. in 1997. Edited by Battle Creek DPW Records Division.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><P><SPAN>A main pipe or conduit in a system for conveying water.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Distribution - Distribution mains are typically smaller in diameter than the transmission mains and generally follow the city streets.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Fire Line - to be removed.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Hydrant Lead - Leading from a water main to a fire hydrant.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Purge Line - Potentially used to flush water main. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Transmission - Transmission mains are larger pipes (16” in diameter and larger) which are designed to move large quantities of water from the source of supply, such as a treatment plant or groundwater well, and provide water to the smaller distribution mains.</SPAN></P></DIV>
Copyright Text: Originally created by Woolpert Inc. in 1997. Edited by Battle Creek DPW Records Division.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Curb stops are water service shutoff valves, usually located in the piping near the curb (between the water main and the building). This valve is used to start or stop the flow of liquid from the main water line.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Created and maintained by the City of Battle Creek DPW Records Division since 2005.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Water service lines supple potable water to residences and other buildings. Ownership belongs to the property owner from the curb stop to the building. Ownership belongs to the city from the curb stop to the watermain.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Created and maintained by the City of Battle Creek DPW Records Division since 2005.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The feature class if 100% complete. The accuracy of the parcel polygon as compared with the orthophograph is an estimated 50% accurate. That rate will increase as the Assessing Cartographer continues to review individual polygons and makes correction to their configuration as needed.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Woolpert created the feature class in the 1990s. The Assessor's Office udpates the feature class as public record dictates.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The feature class if 100% complete. The accuracy of the parcel polygon as compared with the orthophograph is an estimated 50% accurate. That rate will increase as the Assessing Cartographer continues to review individual polygons and makes correction to their configuration as needed.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Woolpert created the feature class in the 1990s. The Assessor's Office udpates the feature class as public record dictates.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>To be used when there is a bend in a service line on private property (i.e. industrial complex).</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Created and maintained by the City of Battle Creek DPW Records Division since 2005.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><P><SPAN>A water tower is an elevated structure supporting a water tank constructed at a height sufficient to pressurize a water distribution system for the distribution of potable water, and to provide emergency storage for fire protection.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Originally created by Woolpert Inc. in 1997. Edited by Battle Creek DPW Records Division.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Casings are structures around pipes for Sanitary, Storm, or Water utilities that provide structural support to preserve the integrity of the utility pipe under an increased weight load (i.e. water, shallow DOC, road/railways, bridges, lack of adequate separation of utilities, access issues).</SPAN></SPAN></P><P /><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Created and maintained by the City of Battle Creek DPW Records Division since 2005.
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Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>A water meter pit is a below ground chamber or pit, found in the water service chain, in between a water main and a residence or business that houses a water meter assembly, used for localities to periodically read the amount of water usage for billing purposes. The pit is a premanufactured concrete, plastic, or polymer structure which is buried in the ground and houses the entire meter pit assembly.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Created and maintained by the City of Battle Creek DPW Records Division since 2005.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Cut and capped/plug water main that is no longer in use, while still remaining underground. </SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Created and maintained by the City of Battle Creek DPW Records Division since 2005.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>This layer was created in 2017 to identify the division between high and low pressure. Everything North and East is low pressure.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Created and maintained by the City of Battle Creek DPW Records Division since 2005.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><P><SPAN>Sanitary cleanout - A cleanout is a sewer-specific facility that is used as an opening in a collection system for inserting tools, rods, or snakes while cleaning a pipeline or clearing a stoppage. Tends to have a small cover.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Sanitary inlet - open air inlet to the sanitary system. Often seen as a grate at the wastewater treatment plant.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Sanitary manhole - larger size, tends to run in the middle of the road and is roughly placed every 200 ft. Used to access the sanitary sewer, and seen when the main changes directions.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Sanitary valve - usually an air release valve. Use to relieve air bubbles during system operation to protect against unwanted surges and maintain efficiency.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Originally created by Woolpert Inc. in 1997. Edited by Battle Creek DPW Records Division.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>A break in the sewer main to show its corresponding ownership. </SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Created and maintained by the City of Battle Creek DPW Records Division since 2005.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Various water main fittings:</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Tee - can connect pipes of different diameters or change the direction of a pipe run, or both. Three connections.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Bend - connect pipes to change the direction of a pipe run. Two connections. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Cross - connect pipes to change the direction of a pipe run or different diameters. Four connections.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Reducer - connect two pipes of different diameters. Usually leads from larger to smaller diameter pipe.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Wye - connect three pipes, potentially with different diameters. Configured in a "Y" shape.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Sleeve - Tapping Sleeves are used when tapping into a pipe while it is under pressure. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Plug - used to end a water main at an unused section.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Created and maintained by the City of Battle Creek DPW Records Division since 2005.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><P><SPAN>Lift stations are used to move wastewater from lower to higher elevation, particularly where the elevation of the source is not sufficient for gravity flow and/or when the use of gravity conveyance will result in excessive excavation depths and high sewer construction costs. Input is gravity main, output is force main.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Originally created by Woolpert Inc. in 1997. Edited by Battle Creek DPW Records Division.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><P><SPAN>Sewerlines displayed in the direction of flow. Have sanitary service lines from homes entering the mains, which eventually end up at the wastewater treatment plant. Once opened, sanitary sewerlines look like a shallow channel, versus a storm sewer. Flow within these mains is varied. </SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Originally created by Woolpert Inc. in 1997. Edited by Battle Creek DPW Records Division.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Point of access to the sewer main for the purpose of removing blockages and regular maintenance.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Created and maintained by the City of Battle Creek DPW Records Division since 2005.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><P><SPAN>A sewer lateral is the underground pipe that connects a residence or business to a main sewer line. Local governments often consider all or part of the sewer lateral to be the property and responsibility of the homeowner or business owner.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Created and maintained by the City of Battle Creek DPW Records Division since 2005.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>May be plugged or sealed if manhole. May be part of a sanitary main that is also abandoned. Can be a stub, manhole, bend, valve, or vault.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Created and maintained by the City of Battle Creek DPW Records Division since 2005.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>End section - can be flared attachment or unflared, at the end of a culvert.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Sump drain - drains water that it collects, may enter the rest of the storm system. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Cross - 4 way connection between storm main pipes. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Tee - 3 way connection between storm main pipes.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Stub/plug - method of capping the end of a section of pipe that is not to be used. May be involved in abandoning a pipe. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Valve - prevents backflow of stormwater</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Created and maintained by the City of Battle Creek DPW Records Division since 2005.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Entry points into the storm water system which utilize storm mains that lead to the waterways. May end in an outfall, a leaching basin/drywell, or a storm pond.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Curbside grate - square grate with a curb opening, at the curb of a roadway.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Round inlet grate - flat round grate with large (usually slotted) openings for stormwater to enter.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Square inlet grate - square slotted grate, without curb opening. Can be found at junctions of areas with similar heights (i.e. roadway to driveway).</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Beehive - round grate that is dome-shaped.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Rectangular inlet grate - long slotted grate. Uncommon.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN>Ownership clarification: </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>1. On county map: CCDC (drain commissioner) owns these</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>2. In ROW: Battle Creek owns</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>3. Outside of Battle Creek: Calhoun County owns</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>4. Private property: owner, except if it is draining to a pond Battle Creek maintains, then Battle Creek owns it. Check with Engineering Department</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Originally created by Woolpert Inc. in 1997. Edited by Battle Creek DPW Records Division.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Vault: larger square manhole that is poured and leaches storm runoff at its sides to the underground.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Standard: manhole with view to the storm system underground.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Aqua-Swirl: hydrodynamic separator to capture pollutants from surface water runoff.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Leaching Catch Basin: catch basin with holes at the bottom to let storm water leach into the ground.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Drywell: similar to a leaching catch basin, allows water to slowly soak into the ground to dissipate into groundwater.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN>Ownership clarification: </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>1. On county map: CCDC (drain commissioner) owns these</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>2. In ROW: Battle Creek owns</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>3. Outside of Battle Creek: Calhoun County owns</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>4. Private property: owner, except if it is draining to a pond Battle Creek maintains, then Battle Creek owns it. Check with Engineering Department</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Originally created by Woolpert Inc. in 1997. Edited by Battle Creek DPW Records Division.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Any point where a separate storm sewer system discharges to either Water of the United States or to another MS4 (waterway controlled by a municipality). Outfalls include discharges from pipes, ditches swales, and other points of concentrated flow.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Originally created by Woolpert Inc. in 1997. Edited by Battle Creek DPW Records Division.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Provides access to the main storm sewer line in order to provide maintenance. </SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Created and maintained by the City of Battle Creek DPW Records Division since 2005.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Channel to divert storm water from the roadway and properties to an outfall or other storm structure. Drawn in the direction of stormwater flow.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Open ditch - open channel for water to flow through.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Culvert - allows water to flow under a road, railroad, trail, or similar obstruction from one side to the other. Does not drain into a Michigan-controlled waterway (outfall). Can have flared or unflared endsection (see storm fittings). </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Pipe - enclosed channel made from a variety of options of material.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN>Ownership clarification: </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>1. On county map: CCDC (drain commissioner) owns these</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>2. In ROW: Battle Creek owns</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>3. Outside of Battle Creek: Calhoun County owns</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>4. Private property: owner, except if it is draining to a pond Battle Creek maintains, then Battle Creek owns it. Check with Engineering Department</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Originally created by Woolpert Inc. in 1997. Edited by Battle Creek DPW Records Division.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>To drain storm water from roofs into the storm drainage system, away from buildings. </SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Created and maintained by the City of Battle Creek DPW Records Division since 2005.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">Status</SPAN><SPAN>- Complete / Updated as needed</SPAN></P><P><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">Extent</SPAN><SPAN>- Battle Creek</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>This polygon feature class displays parks that are owned and maintained by the city. The table displays the park name, property owner, acerage, and the area of each feature in hectares.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><P><SPAN>To display locations for the Linear Path signs (on the Iron Belle Trail). This is to include existing signs and new installments for the purpose of maintenance. As of 8/2021: dataset is 100% complete.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><P><SPAN>Rain gardens, also called bioretention facilities, are one of a variety of practices designed to treat polluted stormwater runoff. </SPAN></P></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><P><SPAN>Location of trashcans in the downtown Central Business District of Battle Creek, MI.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>A detention, or dry, pond has an orifice level at the bottom of the basin and does not have a permanent pool of water. All the water runs out between storms and it usually remains dry. A connection in the storm water system.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>A retention basin or pond has a riser and orifice at a higher point and therefore retains a permanent pool of water. Holds 100 year storm.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><P><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">Status</SPAN><SPAN>- Complete / New and Removed lights are added or removed every six months</SPAN></P><P><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">Extent</SPAN><SPAN>- Battle Creek</SPAN></P><P><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">History - </SPAN><SPAN>Inventory started in Dec 2010 and was completed Jul 2011. Created by physically acquiring the location each light and recording their attributes.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">Accuracy- </SPAN><SPAN>Location is accurate to at worst 4 fi. Surveyed with Leica GPS1200.</SPAN></P></DIV>
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Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>This layer is published to the DPW Mobile Utility Viewer. Use of this layer includes attachments provided by DPW, and entry into the Records Portal.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Municipal water wells are connected directly into a storage system where the water is then distributed. Why is it important: Unlike private wells, municipal wells are providing a water supply to entire communities or operational facilities so the quantity and quality of the water is of the utmost importance.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Created and maintained by the City of Battle Creek DPW Records Division since 2005.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Pumping stations, also called a pumphouse in situations such as drilled wells and drinking water, are facilities including pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Created and maintained by the City of Battle Creek DPW Records Division since 2005.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><P><SPAN>Booster pump stations are usually located remote from the main pump station, as in hilly topography, where pressure zones are required. Booster pumps may be needed to handle peak flows in a distribution system which can otherwise handle the normal flow requirements.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Originally created by Woolpert Inc. in 1997. Edited by Battle Creek DPW Records Division.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><P><SPAN>Fiberoptic cable location (from GPS and/or construction plans) on city property. Specific focus on WWTP and Verona. This layer was created in 9/2021, and is in progress.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><P><SPAN>GPSed utilities on City property. This layer was created in 2021, and is in progress.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>