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Kalamazoo resident urges filtration, cleanup after finding sludge in neighborhood ponds
Kalamazoo City Commission Committee of the Whole · December 15, 2025
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Summary
A Kalamazoo City resident told the Commission she found sludge flowing into three ponds and urged the city to use settlement or filtration systems and organize volunteer cleanups; no city response was recorded in the meeting transcript.
Jody Dozeman, who said she lives in Kalamazoo City, told the Commission she had been exploring areas where she found lost kittens and discovered what she described as 'sludge' entering three ponds downhill from a wooded area. She said the sediment left by that sludge showed the same color "in our drinking water" and urged…
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