Title: Potomac Watershed Trash Summit March 16, 2006 Washington D.C.
1Potomac WatershedTrash SummitMarch 16,
2006Washington D.C.
- Scott Lines
- City of Long Beach
- www.lbstormwater.org
2Potomac Watershed Trash Summit
- A Brief Comparison
- Key Issues
- TMDL Compliance
3Why Long Beach?
- Long Beach has unique challenges just like your
cities
4Why Long Beach?Our Watersheds
5Why Long Beach?Long Beach is highly urbanized
Population per square mile
6Why Long Beach?Long Beach is located between the
Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers
7Why Long Beach?Long Beach has taken a hard line
on trash reduction
8Why Long Beach?Watershed pollution causes
impacts to tourism, habitat and water quality
9Key Issues for Municipalities
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- Construction
- Operations Maintenance
- Build relationships
- State Local
- Local Local
- Regulatory Compliance
- Zero numeric target
10Long BeachTrash TMDL Compliance
- Source Control
- Structural Best Management Practices
11Long Beach Trash Source Control 16 Million
Annually
12Long Beach Structural BMPs
- Catch Basin Inserts
- Vortex Separation Systems
- Trash Net Systems
- Imaginative Trash Capture Devices
13Catch Basin Inserts
- 841,100
- 1,844 inserts installed in 600 catch basins
- Capture trash, debris, hydrocarbons bacteria
- Abtech Industries, Inc.
14Vortex Separation Systems
- 673,000 383,848
- VSS units at two locations captured 15,015 lbs of
trash last year - CDS Technologies
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16Trash Net Systems
- 2,324,403
- Located at five pump stations along LA River
- Captured 302,519 lbs of trash last year
- P.J. Hannah, Inc
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18Imaginative Trash Capture Devices
- 550,000
- Proposed trash separation device at City pump
station - Expected to capture 227,675 lbs. of trash per
year
19The End Result
20The End Result
21Thank You
- Alice Ferguson Foundation
- Tracy Bowen and the Trash Babes
- U.S. EPA Region 3
22Questions?
- Scott Lines, Stormwater Program Analyst
- City of Long Beach
- 333 W. Ocean Blvd., 9th Fl.
- Long Beach, CA 90814
- 562-570-5938
- scott_lines_at_longbeach.gov