Someone in the Dundee neighborhood of Omaha poured paint into a sewer drain on the Sunday, October 16, 2011. The paint drained away and ended up in Happy Hollow Creek, along the east side of Brownell Talbot school and Memorial Park. This is the second known instance of creek pollution, the other event along Wood Creek, in March 2010.
The following images indicate how the creek water was turned white. Note also the other trash which gets washed into the creekway, because of careless littering.
View looking south from where the water flows from the culvert beneath Underwood Avenue.
Looking towards the north.
The spot where the water leaves the culvert, showing how water inflow had cleared.
There were numerous American Robins along the creek at this locale during this time, and they were trying to take a bath in the flowing water. They had to do so in dirty water, because of some moron in the neighborhood.
Where the robins were trying to cleanse themselves, showing the milky character of the creek flow.
Detail showing the scum on the water associated with the pollution event.
The polluting paint eventually dissipated, and the creek returned to its normal appearance. The person responsible should be fined and required to do six hours of community service, which would entail cleaning trash from along the creekways of Memorial Park and Elmwood Park.
The Dundee area has the dubious distinction of being a "top neighborhood" in the U.S., yet this pollution event blatantly shows the little concern some people have for the local natural environment. The worst part of this is that the person(s) responsible are oblivious of what they caused.