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effort, three grants were obtained to bring together park neighbors and city officials to create conceptual designs for a large water feature in the park. Professor
Wigfall of the Kansas State University Landscape Architecture Program and the University of Nebraska at Lincoln Water Resources Division assisted in creating the basic plan and triggered a City of Omaha feasibility study. There is currently a community motivated action to reestablish the lake in Spring Lake Park. The Clean Solutions for Omaha program, a government funded program for helping Omaha comply with the US Clean Water Act by separating storm and waste water discharges into public waterways, is carrying out design and engineering requirements for a project that will allow for storm water retention features in Spring Lake Park that incorporate wetlands, natural springs and ponds that will be available for public access and wildlife habitat.
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in 1915, the park fell into city hands. A former dairy farm was converted into the original Spring Lake golf course in 1933. The city acquired Begley farm ravine south of the original park and it was converted into a municipal dump in 1960. The resulting landfill area was added to Spring Lake Park.
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