The goal of this project was to support larger marsh restoration efforts at Mill Creek in Chelsea, Massachusetts, aiming to improve the Chelsea community. This improvement was achieved by studying flow patterns and designing potential solutions to enhance the native ecosystem, while also engaging the Chelsea community. Recognizing past errors in salt marsh management, our project seeks to address these issues. It engaged the community through community research, including surveys within the community and engineering design and recommendations aimed at better involving the community in restoration efforts at Mill Creek. These recommendations will facilitate the creation of sustainable development projects, such as rain gardens, which will benefit the future of the Chelsea community.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Lepore, Adam
• Horowitz, Joseph
• Mendoza, Rebekah
• Walsh, Kaleigh

Subject

• Water
• Community
• Sustainability
• Infrastructure
• Inclusion
• Environment

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-032124-081259
• 119055

Mot-clé

• Salt Marsh
• Chelsea, MA
• Green Infrastructure
• Community

Advisor

• Brown, Crystal
• Mathisen, Paul P.

Year

• 2024

Sponsor

• Chelsea Housing and Community Development Department

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 14 - Life Below Water
• 15 - Life On Land

Date created

• 2024-03-21

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Environmental Engineering
• Society, Technology & Policy

Source

• E-project-032124-081259

Rights statement

• In Copyright