The team behind Origin Park in Southern Indiana plan to transform landfill sites into a whitewater adventure.

River Heritage Conservancy announced Monday plans to build the element, which it will call Wildwater at Origin Park, in the southern part of the more than 400-acre park.

Officials said recently they've secured around 80% of the total land needed for the park, a project aimed at reclaiming areas near the Ohio River to celebrate the nature and history of the land.

CEO Dennis Schnurbusch said in the release that while building on spaces like this might sound unconventional, "it's actually a creative and proven way to cap a landfill."

He touted the plan to transform the waste site into something "useful, vibrant and beneficial to the community."

Schnurbusch pointed to other local

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