What's the Water Like in Sligo Creek?

If you've ever enjoyed a walk along Sligo Creek Trail, you've probably wondered if the water flowing by  - or after big summer storms, rushing by - was clean enough to drink. 

Friends of Sligo Creek is hosting a meeting Wednesday evening at 6:30 p.m. at to answer those questions and update residents on the overall health of the Creek that runs from just south of Arcola Avenue to south Takoma Park, and is part of a larger watershd that eventually feeds in to the Anacostia.

FOSC will host Lori Lilly from the Center from Watershed Protection, which with the help of residents and Montgomery County, monitored Sligo Creek for illegal discharges this winter. Lilly will present the findings from those months as well as give recommendations to the County on their discharge monitoring program.

Also presenting are Dr. Harriette Phelps, professor emeritus of the University of the District of Columbia, and Charles Poukish of the Maryland Department of the Environment. Phelps and Poukish will discuss recent results from monitoring the creek for chlordane.