[Chat] Fwd: Baltimore’s Storm Drain Trash Catcher Gets Crabby

judy jdydee at verizon.net
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Subject: 	Baltimore’s Storm Drain Trash Catcher Gets Crabby
Date: 	Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:04:48 -0500
From: 	Baltimore Public Works <baltimorecity at alerts.baltimorecity.gov>
Reply-To: 	Baltimore Public Works <baltimorecity at alerts.baltimorecity.gov>
To: 	jdydee at verizon.net



Baltimore’s Storm Drain Trash Catcher Gets Crabby
dpw


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
  Thursday, July 19, 2012


  Baltimore’s Storm Drain Trash Catcher Gets Crabby

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*BALTIMORE*(July 19, 2012) – The citizens of Baltimore have spoken. They 
are tired of the trash from litterers flowing into Baltimore’s 
waterways. Baltimore’s Department of Public Works (DPW) heard the call 
and recently installed five storm drain trash catchers around town to 
snag litter before it goes down the storm drains and into the city’s 
waterways.
“When people litter, most of it goes down our storm drains and winds up 
in the water –soda bottles and cans, McDonald’s burger containers, you 
name it,” said DPW Director Alfred H. Foxx. “The installation of these 
types of devices is a part of our ongoing effort to address trash 
removal in both the northwest branch (Inner Harbor) and the middle 
branch of the Patapsco River.”
The storm drain trash catcher (also called a catch basin) is an inlet to 
the system that typically includes a grate where stormwater enters the 
catch basin, and a sump to capture debris and other associated 
pollutants. When it rains: a retractable screen on the drain opens; a 
second screen inside the drain captures the trash where DPW’s 
maintenance workers vacuum.**Baltimore was selected by the California 
contractor West Cost Storms, Inc. 
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— who provided the labor and materials for the installation at no cost — 
as a site for product testing.
At the Fayette and Port streets location, DPW’s partner Blue Water 
Baltimore recently joined community members, BANNER neighborhood's 
Leanna Wetmore and street artist Adam Stab to decorate the storm drain 
trash catcher with some original artwork: a Maryland crab 
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*Facts about Litter: *According to Keep America Beautiful 2009 National 
Litter and Cost Survey 
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  * *Litter cleanup costs the U.S. almost $11.5 billion each year*, with
    businesses paying $9.1 billion. Governments, schools, and other
    organizations pick up the remainder.
  * The presence of litter in a community takes a toll on the quality of
    life, property values and housing prices by 7 percent.
  * Confection (candy, gum, etc.) ranks at the top by 53.7 percent
    followed by cigarette butts at 29.8 percent as litter dropped at
    “*transition points”* or where items must be discarded before
    entering, including in storm drains.

For more information about DPW’s new storm drain trash catchers, please 
call 410.545.6541.
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