2023 Keep Warner Robins Beautiful

According to the City of Warner
Robins Stormwater Management Plan
(SWMP), management of stormwater
runoff has become an increasingly
STORMWATER
WARNER ROBINS STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
Lake Joy Elementary third grade students learn about storm
drain stenciling.
important responsibility for local
governments. Federal stormwater
regulations, combined with aging
infrastructures, have resulted in the
development and implementation of
a more comprehensive stormwater
management program to address
local drainage system issues.
In general, all developed properties
in Warner Robins contribute
stormwater runoff to the public
drainage system, and in some cases
to recurring drainage problems.
Stormwater runoff is rainfall that
drains off houses, rooftops, driveways,
sidewalks, parking areas, roads and
other features that prohibit infiltration
of rainfall. This runoff then flows into
city drainage systems, as well as into
natural streams and channels.
Where is rainwater from our city
eventually deposited? Our rainwater
and runoff is collected primarily by Bay
Gall Creek and ultimately flows into
the Ocmulgee River, which converges
with Oconee and Ohoopee Rivers to
form the Altamaha River, the largest
river system east of the Mississippi.
To help satisfy an educational
component of the SWMP, Keep Warner
Robins Beautiful provides hands-on
training to many organizations. City
storm drains are cleared of debris,
marked for documentation purposes
and stenciled with the message: NO
DUMPING, DRAINS TO CREEK.
If you would like more information
on this program, please contact kwrb@
wrga.gov or 478-call 929-7258.
26 2023 Keep Warner Robins Beautiful