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Watershed Fact Sheets

Euclid Creek Watershed Wide Fact Sheet

The Euclid Creek Watershed is a tributary to Lake Erie and drains an area of approximately 23 square miles from 12 communities in Cuyahoga County and Lake County, Ohio. The watershed is home to an estimated 60,000 people and has subsequently been greatly impacted by urbanization and the effects of urban runoff.

Major issues impacting Euclid Creek's Water Quality are:

Nutrients, such as phosphorous, caused by polluted urban runoff and land management practices
Low fish populations due to loss of habitat and barriers
Flashy flows that increase erosion of streambanks
Presence of remaining illicit discharges from septics and CSO's.

Click here to learn more in the Euclid Creek Watershed Fact Sheet.

Community Specific Fact Sheets

In 2011, the Euclid Creek Watershed Council Public Involvement and Public Education (PIPE) Committee came up with the idea for a community-focused fact sheet, and the Watershed Coordinator and intern, Babette Oestreicher, got down to business and created the nine fact sheets.

Each fact sheet has a map showing watershed boundaries, parks and natural resources, and current projects helping the streams in your community. You can also find out roughly how many miles of streams are above ground and how many miles are buried underground in culverts due to urban/suburban development. Additionally, the fact sheet includes basic information about what a watershed is, facts about each watershed, information on what your community is doing to help its watershed(s), and what you can do to help your watershed.

The main goal of watershed planning is to collaboratively address water resource issues like water quality protection and to look at each watershed holistically by its watershed boundary and drainage area. The watershed planning approach allows stakeholders to better target limited financial resources and address common water-related problems. The community level fact sheets take a closer look at each community and efforts underway to protect each watersheds resources within the community. The fact sheets will be distributed at community events, school programs and displayed at libraries, civic centers and community centers.

Each fact sheet is available for download here for all nine Euclid Creek Watershed Council communities:

City of Beachwood - Watershed Fact Sheet
City of Cleveland - Watershed Fact Sheet
City of Euclid - Watershed Fact Sheet
City of Highland Heights - Watershed Fact Sheet
City of Lyndhurst - Watershed Fact Sheet
City of Mayfield Heights - Watershed Fact Sheet
Mayfield Village - Watershed Fact Sheet
City of Richmond Heights - Watershed Fact Sheet
City of South Euclid - Watershed Fact Sheet

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