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Weekly trash cleanups in the canal led to a significant discovery
Clogged Storm Drains are contributing to street flooding
1.4 miles every Sunday (4 hours) Dave and his Kayak
Collects about 50 lbs of trash every week.!.
• Plastic shopping bags
• Plastic water soda bottles
• Cigarette butts (not
biodegradable)
• Cigarette pack plastic wrappers
• Styrofoam Cups / food containers
• Plastic Bottle caps
• Plastic Straws
• Plastic Food bags (potato chips)
and wrappers
• Aluminum cans
• Used fishing line
CommonlyfoundtrashinCollinsCanal:
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Storm Drain outlets on
Washington Ct and 22nd
Street
(Feb 17, 2014 low tide).
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One is partially clogged, and
the other is completely clogged
with trash from the street level.
Water cannot flow properly.
Storm Drain outlet is clogged with trash…
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Storm drain COMPLETELY
clogged. Only a trickle of
water flows out.As I pull debris out, water starts
flowing out at a significant rate.
**August 25th
2013
Contents of storm drain blockage
� Plastic bottles
� Aluminum cans
� Plastic shopping bags
� Plastic cups and containers
� Coconut (which I cannot remove)
Once removed, storm
water flows freely.
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Clogged Drain is preventing water from flowing out…
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Trash from the street is allowed to go
into the drains…
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Trash originates at the street level
Thus clogging them
up...
Trash that makes it past ‘traps’
discharge to the waterway and
clog the outlet
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Simple Solutions :
1) Reduce litter with proper placement of trash cans - “can on every corner”
2) Street level gratings that keep material from going into the drains, while allowing full flow of
storm water. Watch in action : http://youtu.be/ezdqgPX8AWw
3) Better cleaning schedule of existing storm drain traps/interceptors (which catch debris)
4) ‘Catch bin’ at the water output (flexible net style)
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