The Mill Creek Watershed Management Plan
The Hendricks County SWCD and partners have identified a need to focus education, outreach and implementation efforts in the Mill Creek watershed. Based on water quality degradation, sediment transport, flooding and E. coli concerns the SWCD and partners launched the Mill Creek Watershed Management Planning Project in 2025.
This goals of this effort are to:
Identify projects completed and highlight successes and failures since the 1965 watershed work plan and 2005 TMDL development.
2. Provide a foundation from which future efforts can be based.
3. Bring Mill Creek stakeholders together to create shared goals to address water quality and quantity
The broad steps of the project:Build a steering committee (completed 2025)Complete watershed inventory (in progress)Conduct water quality monitoring (in progress)Develop a watershed management planDevelop a focused outreach and education program
Progress Updates
December 29, 2025
The second draft of the Mill Creek Watershed plan published.
DECEMBER 17, 2025
Second public meeting held, which included an update on the status of the project, highlighted project goals, detailed practices selected for implementation and laid out potential next steps for the project.
November 25, 2025
Hendricks County SWCD staff and our environmental consultant conducted monthly water quality measurements and sample collection at 13 sites in the Mill Creek Watershed.
November 6, 2025
Monthly sampling for October delayed until November 6.
September 24, 2025
Hendricks County SWCD staff and our environmental consultant conducted monthly water quality measurements and sample collection at 13 sites in the Mill Creek Watershed.
