Caltrain Wants Your 2 Cents On Its 'Storm Water Management Program'

SAN MATEO COUNTY, CA -- Caltrain is conducting an online survey through the end of June to gauge what people know about its new Storm Water Management Program.

Caltrain is implementing a Storm Water Management Program to outline how it will prevent the release of pollutants into the storm sewer system.  

Storm water is the result of rain runoff from developed areas.  As the rain drains to sewers that flow to the San Francisco Bay, and eventually the Pacific Ocean, it collects and transports trash, chemicals and oil.  Unlike the sanitary sewer system, storm water doesn’t go through a treatment plant so pollutants may not be removed before reaching the San Francisco Bay.

Caltrain is implementing a number of practices to reduce the flow of pollutants, including:

• Convenient, single-stream trash collection facilities on trains and in stations
• Reoccurring trash and debris pickups along the rail corridor
• Storm drain inlet marking to raise awareness of the storm drain system
• Green landscaping that can filter storm water pollution before it reaches the storm sewer
• Regular storm water pollution awareness and prevention training for employees

Click HERE to take the short survey and respond no later than June 30.

If you‘d like to report a storm water issue on the Caltrain system, call the Customer Service Center at 1.800.660.4287 or visit www.caltrain.com/about/contact  to submit the report online.

--Image and info courtesy of Caltrain