The Crooked Creek Project is one of the research projects developed by CEES (Center of Earth and Environmental Science) at IUPUI (Indiana Univeristy–Purdue University Indianapolis). This project aims to improve the water quality in Crooked Creek and White River. Crooked Creek is an urban stream that originates in Hamilton County and discharges into the White River through Lake Sullivan. The other goals of this project are to demonstrate the effect of wetlands on water quality in small watersheds & to serve as a watershed and wetland educational center.Crooked Creek has been dredged periodically and is degraded by urbanization. Another problem in the watershed is flooding. More than 100 homes are located in the 100-year floodplain, and floods of record have resulted in significant damages[1]
To get more information about this project, please check the Official Site at the end of the page.
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edit- ^ "Crooked Creek Project". Center of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Retrieved 2007-08-01.