Bringing Jenkintown Creek back to nature, to improve water quality downstream
Posted: Wednesday, October 30, 2019
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WHYY
Jenkintown Creek looks more like a ditch near a recreation center. When it’s not raining, a tiny stream of water flows down into a concrete pipe next to Cheltenham Township’s Charles D. Conklin Jr. Pool, which is surrounded by turf and has no shadow.
But a new restoration project will remove 235 linear feet of concrete to let the creek flow freely through a meandering bank surrounded by bushes and trees.