Honey Creek (Menomonee Trib)

*Check wood alert!* Honey Creek Pkwy. to Menomonee R. (1.76+2.14 miles)

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April 26, 2011

Trip Report

ReporterRob Smage
Gauge Reading290 cfs at Honey Creek-Honey Creek Parkway to Menomonee R.

Water quality: Terrible! Honey Creek has the highest median concentrations of E Coli of tested stream sites in Milwaukee County -- 1,900 colonies per 100 mL -- 200 col/100 mL is maximum acceptable for human contact (swimming).
Scenery: Mostly city cement, man-altered stream-bed, and 'tagging'.
'Whitewater' (in the first half of this reach) is created by 'hydraulic jumps' (cement ledges) which exist (as I understand it) to aerate the water and somehow/somewhat blow-off some of the downstream momentum.

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