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Join Us for Morrisville Creek Week 2025 and the Morrisville Stormwater Runoff 5K!
It's time for Creek Week 2025! Each year, the Town participates in the Clean Water Education Partnership's (CWEP) regional Creek Week to increase awareness of the ecological and environmental importance of clean water. This week-long event includes several community stream cleans, stormwater drain-marking events, educational booths at our community centers, and interactive library programs for K-5 children.
This year, Creek Week will also include a Stormwater Runoff 5K at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 15, at Cedar Fork District Park (228 Aviation Parkway), to help educate the public and focus attention on stormwater issues, especially the importance to keeping stormwater clean. The course is flat and fast - good for setting a PR! This event is proudly presented by Timmons Group.
The race will begin at 8:30 a.m. and same-day registration will open at 7:15 a.m. The entry fee is $25, up to and including February 14, and increasing to $35 thereafter up to and including race day. A t-shirt is included with the entry fee, guaranteed to all entered by February 5. After that date, shirts will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, while supplies last.
New 5K Training Program Available!
The Morrisville Aquatics & Fitness Center (1301 Morrisville Parkway) has you covered with a 7-week training program starting January 27! Whether you're a beginner, new to training plans, or need accountability, this group is perfect for you!
Here's what to expect:
- Group Sessions (Each Week):
- Mondays at 7 a.m.
- Wednesdays at 6 p.m. (Each session is 50 minutes long)
- Independent Session:
- You'll have one independent session to complete on your own!
Bonus: Program participants will receive a $10 discount off the registration fee for the 5K when they come to the training groups.
No sign-ups are required—just drop by the MAFC and join the fun!
Thank you to our sponsors!
Creek Week 2025 Event Schedule
Follow Town of Morrisville Stormwater on Facebook and @TOMStormwater on X and like and share their posts to spread the word about Creek Week. All week-long Morrisville's stormwater team will be posting about Creek Week to help educate our community about stormwater topics.
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Creek Week BioThon Bingo - Hosted by Clean Water Education Partnership (CWEP), BioThon Bingo is a virtual event centered around stream ecology that can be completed from anywhere in North Carolina. Using iNaturalist, a platform for documenting and sharing observations of plants and animals, participants can contribute to species identification and conservation efforts while connecting with local waterways and aquatic life. In an effort to be prepared for the week, participants should have the iNaturalist app installed and join CWEP's project. Additionally, there will be two training webinars with the Museum of Natural Sciences, which you can find in our schedule below. |
| Thursday, March 13 |
4:30 p.m. - Museum of Natural Sciences iNaturalist Webinar During Creek Week, the Clean Water Education Partnership (CWEP) will host Creek Week BioThon Bingo. This virtual event can be completed from anywhere in North Carolina. This webinar will teach all you need to use iNaturalist. Then you can go have fun making observations of bugs, birds, and all sorts of wildlife and plants! |
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Saturday, March 15 |
8:30 a.m. - Morrisville Stormwater Runoff 5K at Cedar Fork District Park
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9 a.m. - Morrisville Community Park Stream Clean & Park Litter Sweep The Morrisville Democrats Stream Stewardship group will conduct a stream clean in Hatcher Creek and a litter sweep of Morrisville Community Park. |
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9:30 a.m. - Breckenridge Stream Cleanup The Morrisville Indians Stream Stewardship group will conduct a stream clean along an unnamed tributary in the Breckenridge community off Willingham Rd. |
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10 a.m. - Museum of Natural Sciences iNaturalist Webinar During Creek Week, the Clean Water Education Partnership (CWEP) will host Creek Week BioThon Bingo. This virtual event can be completed from anywhere in North Carolina. This webinar will teach all you need to use iNaturalist. Then you can go have fun making observations of bugs, birds, and all sorts of wildlife and plants! |
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10:30 a.m. - Aquatic Insect Collection and Water Quality Monitoring Activity at Cedar Fork District Park Following the Morrisville Stormwater Runoff 5K, join Town of Morrisville's Stormwater staff for collecting and identification of insects that live in Crabtree Creek. Attendees can also learn about how we collect water quality monitoring data and use simple kits for collecting data. |
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Various times - Stormwater volunteer drain assessments in Breckenridge, Wilson Place, and Woods at Fairbanks Area. Groups of trained volunteers will be conducting assessments on the Field Map App to gather data on conditions of stormwater drains and if drain markers need to be installed in the future. |
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Sunday, March 16 |
11:30 a.m. - Crabtree Creek and Greenway Cleanup The Crabtree Creek Stream Stewardship group will conduct a stream clean and greenway cleanup in Cedar Fork District Park. |
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Various times - Stormwater volunteer drain assessments in Kitts Creek and Town Hall North Area. Groups of trained volunteers will be conducting assessments on the Field Map App to gather data on conditions of stormwater drains and if drain markers need to be installed in the future. |
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Monday, March 17 |
5:30 p.m. - Creek Week educational booth at the Morrisville Aquatics & Fitness Center. Stop by the Morrisville Aquatic and Fitness Center and visit the Stormwater booth with information about stormwater, our waterways, and pick up your free reusable shopping bag! |
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Tuesday, March 18 |
4:30 p.m. - Stormwater educational library program session for K-5 children and parents at the Morrisville Community Library. Celebrate Creek Week with the Library! Discover the importance of stormwater management with Tony Victor of Town of Morrisville and build a model of a natural water filter! Tickets are available at front desk 30 minutes before program time. Space limited. |
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Wednesday, March 19 |
6 p.m. - Stormwater educational library program session for K-5 children and parents at the Morrisville Community Library. Celebrate Creek Week with the Library! Discover the importance of stormwater management with Tony Victor of Town of Morrisville and build a model of a natural water filter! Tickets are available at front desk 30 minutes before program time. Space limited. |
| Thursday, March 20 |
9 a.m. - Wake County Big Sweep with Xylem Wake County Big Sweep will coordinate a litter sweep in Morrisville with volunteers from Xylem. |
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Saturday, March 22 |
2 p.m. - Indian Creek Cleanup The Indian Creek Stewardship group will conduct a stream clean along a section of Indian Creek Greenway and Trailhead. |
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Various times - Stormwater volunteer drain assessments in Providence Place and Berkshires Area. Groups of trained volunteers will be conducting assessments on the Field Map App to gather data on conditions of stormwater drains and if drain markers need to be installed in the future. |
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Sunday, March 23 |
9 a.m. - Stormwater volunteer drain assessments in Carpenter Park and Weston Estate Area. Groups of trained volunteers will be conducting assessments on the Field Map App to gather data on conditions of stormwater drains and if drain markers need to be installed in the future. |
| Sunday, March 30 |
12 p.m. - Stormwater volunteer drain assessment in Park West Village. Groups of trained volunteers will be conducting assessments on the Field Map App to gather data on conditions of stormwater drains and if drain markers need to be installed in the future. |
| Saturday, April 19 |
10 a.m. - Lake Crabtree Litter Paddle Please join the Town of Morrisville and Lake Crabtree County Park for the Lake Crabtree Little Paddle! This event is part of the Town's annual Creek Week events coordinated through the Clean Water Education Partnership (CWEP), which strives to increase awareness of the ecological and environmental importance of clean water. |
If you would like to become one of our Stormwater Volunteers and participate in drain marking in the future, please submit a Volunteer Interest Form here: Volunteer Interest Form | Town of Morrisville, NC.
What is Creek Week?
With the support of the North Carolina Clean Water Education Partnership (NC CWEP) and the Town of Morrisville's Stormwater Division, the Town of Morrisville will once again celebrate NC CWEP’s Regional Creek Week program all week long with fun, informative activities that will help to educate our community about reducing stormwater pollution and the importance of keeping our waterways clear and clean.
Morrisville's 2024 Creek Week, hosted in conjunction with the NC CWEP Regional Creek Week, was a huge success, so we are happy to work as partners with them once again under the shared theme - Water Connects Us.
Events for the week will include volunteer stream cleans and litter pickups by Morrisville stream stewardship groups, educational booths at community centers and the Western Wake Farmers' Market, installation of markers on stormwater drains at various locations around Town - all hosted by the Town of Morrisville Stormwater Division.
Why Creek Week?
Map of the Upper Crabtree Creek Watershed
We celebrate Creek Week because it's critical that we work to educate our community of the importance of reducing and eliminating avoidable stormwater pollution that will negatively impact our waterways and overall environment.
Our largest watershed, the Upper Crabtree Creek Watershed, lies in Durham and Wake Counties, on the edge of the Neuse River Basin and includes most of Morrisville and Cary, and stretches to western Raleigh and southern Durham. Within this watershed are many of the local waterways we all pass by on the daily, like Lake Crabtree, areas of Brier Creek, and hundreds of small lakes, rivers and tributaries.
Morrisville and all of the Research Triangle cities and towns are Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems, or MS4 communities. This means our stormwater flows in a separate set of pipes from our sanitary sewers. But while sanitary sewers flow through pipes to a treatment facility, the stormwater pipes flow DIRECTLY to our waterways - taking any and all pollutants with it.
Therefore, to keep stormwater clean, nothing but rain should go down the stormwater drains.
It takes all of us working together to reduce and eliminate stormwater pollution, and there are small changes you can make today that can actually make a large difference for our waterways. From picking up after your pets to planting native plants and trees that will reduce sediment erosion, there's tons of small ways you can keep our stormwater clean.
Click below for our complete list of stormwater tips and make your impact on our community and waterways today!
Creek Week 2024 Clean Up and Engagement Statistics
If you ever observe anything other than rain flowing into a storm drain, please report it to the Town of Morrisville Stormwater Division by calling 919-463-7025 or emailing stormwater@morrisvillenc.gov.