Environmental Rehabilitation and Flood Management at Underwood Creek

Sometimes improving environmental conditions means undoing the well-intentioned actions of the past. Such was the challenge faced by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) in rehabilitating a 6,600-ft segment of Underwood Creek, an urbanized tributary stream to the Menomonee River, one...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Military engineer 2012-02, Vol.104 (675), p.44-46
Hauptverfasser:	BACH, DOUG, SEAR, TOM
Format:	Magazinearticle
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aquatic habitats Creeks Discharge Environmental engineering Flood management Floodplains Freshwater Geotechnical engineering Groundwater Military Military engineering Rehabilitation Rivers Segments Soil water Streams Tributaries Wetlands Wildlife habitats
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Zusammenfassung:	Sometimes improving environmental conditions means undoing the well-intentioned actions of the past. Such was the challenge faced by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) in rehabilitating a 6,600-ft segment of Underwood Creek, an urbanized tributary stream to the Menomonee River, one of three rivers that combine in Milwaukee before discharging into Lake Michigan.
ISSN:	0026-3982