Mineral Springs Creek Restoration

About the Program

Category: Risk and Emergency Management (Best in Category)

Year: 2023

The Ozaukee County Planning and Parks Department (Department) has engineered and constructed a coastal resiliency and restoration project on Mineral Springs Creek, a tributary to Lake Michigan, in the City of Port Washington, Wisconsin. In 2018, the creek’s watershed experienced an unprecedented (500 year) rainstorm that scoured the stream bed, exposing a sanitary sewer line. In response, the City of Port Washington installed emergency protection of the utility corridor that created a dam with a large vertical drop (3-4 ft) from the top of the concrete to the downstream water surface during typical flow conditions. This new structure created a major barrier for fish passage