Author: Seth Hothem

The Cuyahoga River. Discharges to the river include the Akron and Southerly treatment facilities, along with combined sewer overflows and numerous industrial users. Euclid Creek, a tributary to Lake Erie, is a relatively urbanized stream located in parts of Cuyahoga and Lake Counties. Potential impacts to the creek include combined sewer overflows, habitat degradation, illicit discharges, and stormwater runoff.
NEORSD currently has several capital improvement projects occurring in the Euclid Creek watershed to reduce the number of CSO events. Sampling has been conducted on the creek to determine impacts from those CSOs on water quality and to document any changes that result from a reduction in them. In addition, two restoration projects have also been completed on the creek in recent years. One of these was the removal of a dam on the east branch of the creek in 2010, while the other was completed in the lower reaches of Euclid Creek to help restore wetland functions to the watershed. Monitoring has been conducted to determine any improvements to the creek that resulted from these projects.
Below are links to study plans and reports detailing the work that has been completed on Euclid Creek along with fish and macroinvertebrate taxa lists, habitat evaluation sheets and analysis results for water chemistry sampling.

Cuyahoga River

Click for map of sampling locations

Cuyahoga River Reports and Data
2012	Study Plan	Report	Water Chemistry	Fish	Macroinvertebrates	Habitat
2011	Study Plan	Report	Water Chemistry	Fish	Macroinvertebrates	Habitat
2010	Study Plan	Report	Water Chemistry	Fish	Macroinvertebrates	Habitat
2009	Study Plan	Report	Water Chemistry	Fish	Macroinvertebrates	Habitat
2008	Study Plan	Report	Water Chemistry	Fish	Macroinvertebrates	Habitat
	Fish Tissue Study Plan	Fish Tissue Report	——	——	——	——
2007	Study Plan	Report	Water Chemistry	Fish	Macroinvertebrates	Habitat
2006	Study Plan	Report	Water Chemistry	Fish	Macroinvertebrates	Habitat
2005	Fish Tissue Study Plan	Fish Tissue Report	——	——	——	——

Cuyahoga River Links
USGS Gauge at Independence
USGS Gauge at Newburgh Heights
Cuyahoga River Community Planning Organization

Cuyahoga River Downstream of Southerly WWTC

Northern Pike Collected as Part of Fish Tissue Study