[2] Currently, Elbow Creek is a branch and tributary of the Eau Gallie River.

[4] In 2011, residents and people using the river complained that sediment was preventing navigation by small boats.

The 625,000 cubic yards (478,000 m3) of sediment was caused from nitrogen and phosphorus from fertilizers, as well as clay deposits.

[6] In 2015, the ability to clean up estuaries was improved by the county taxpayers approving a half-cent sales tax.

As a result, the county planned on removing 632,000 cubic yards (483,000 m3) equivalent to 42,000 dump trucks worth of muck from the river, as well as from its tributary, Elbow Creek.