Water, the elixir of life, is an essential component of our existence. It is a fundamental resource that sustains all forms of life on Earth. Indeed, we can live without a house or clothing for months, we can live without food for weeks, but to live without water is measured in terms of days and hours.
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This chronology provides a more detailed history of events affecting Ten Mile Creek and the Little Seneca Reservoir beginning with water supply studies and the record drought of the 1960s. However, as told by FoTMC Board member Norman Mease, the ford at Old Baltimore Road was known at least as far back as agricultural settlement as a place where there was always water, even in times of serious drought. Friends of Ten Mile Creek, formed in 2014, are proud to carry on a long tradition of citizen efforts to protect this watershed, which is part of our critical natural infrastructure and a lifeline of the lifeline water infrastructure that serves the entire Washington Metropolitan Area.
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Judge upholds the Montgomery Planning Commission's approval of the Pulte development plan in Ten Mile Creek's two most sensitive sub-areas.
Friends of Ten Mile Creek sought to strike down Pulte's site plan; they will appeal.
Ten Mile Creek received its name from the many travelers that used the Old Baltimore Road in the very early days that the American colonies were being settled…
…The stream crossing approximately 10 miles east of the Mouth-of-Monocacy landing became a serious waypoint on the road and was then known, as it is today, as the Ten Mile Creek. This creek had, and still has, one very important characteristic for the early travelers: there is always water in the ford at the creek, even in times of very serious drought.
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