about the project
The Papillion Creek Watershed is a network of streams that flow through our backyards in Washington, Douglas and Sarpy Counties. All of us in the Omaha area have one of the major tributaries nearby or we drive across a Papillion Creek stream in our daily commute to work or as we go about our daily activities. And despite the fact that “The Papio” connects our communities, few people are aware of the streams and little attention is focused on the Papillion Creek system.
The Papillion Creek Watershed Project, funded by the US Environmental Protection Agency, is committed to the improvement of water quality in the Papillion Creek network through public awareness and citizen participation. The ultimate benefit of improving our local water resources will be the improvement in our quality of life for ourselves and for generations to come.
Information from the project’s water quality monitoring and land use assessment is providing a greater understanding of the impacts on water quality in this watershed. This information will be used to increase water quality awareness, education, and in the promotion of protective practices throughout the metropolitan area. This will not be a short-term project…rather, the information and messages from this work are appropriate for incorporation into our daily lives, here and in all stream systems in Nebraska. Please join us!
Marian Maas, Ph.D., Project Manager
