Transcript Our Watersheds - Alice Ferguson Foundation

Potomac Watershed
Trash Summit
March 16, 2006
Washington D.C.
Scott Lines
City of Long Beach
www.lbstormwater.org
Potomac Watershed
Trash Summit
• A Brief Comparison
• Key Issues
• TMDL Compliance
Why Long Beach?
Long Beach has unique challenges
just like your cities:
Why Long Beach?
Our Watersheds
Why Long Beach?
Long Beach is highly urbanized
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Why Long Beach?
Long Beach is located between the
Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers
Why Long Beach?
Long Beach has taken a hard line
on trash reduction
Grant Funded Project Summary
$10,549,262
$281,588
$673,000
$841,100
$383,848
$5,262,323
$2,324,403
$783,000
20th & Walnut VSS Unit
Catch Basin Inserts
Los Angeles River VSS Unit
LA River Pump Station Trash Nets
Hamilton Bowl Trash Reduction Project
Colorado Lagoon Improvements
CIWMB Used Oil Opportunity Grant
Why Long Beach?
Watershed pollution causes impacts
to tourism, habitat and water quality
Key Issues for Municipalities
• $$$
• Construction
• Operations & Maintenance
• Build relationships
• State
• Local
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• Regulatory Compliance
• Zero numeric target
Long Beach
Trash TMDL Compliance
• Source Control
• Structural Best Management Practices
Long Beach
Trash Source Control
$16 Million Annually
Curbside recycling
28,372 tons
Street sweeping
12,272 tons
Beach Cleanup
4,500 tons
Neighborhood
events
2,000 tons
Long Beach Structural BMPs
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Catch Basin Inserts
Vortex Separation Systems
Trash Net Systems
Imaginative Trash Capture Devices
Catch Basin Inserts
• $841,100
• 1,844 inserts installed
in 600 catch basins
• Capture trash, debris,
hydrocarbons &
bacteria
• Abtech Industries, Inc.
Vortex Separation Systems
• $673,000 &
$383,848
• VSS units at two
locations captured
15,015 lbs of trash
last year
• CDS Technologies
Trash 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
Imaginative Trash Capture
Devices
• $550,000
• Proposed trash
separation device at
City pump station
• Expected to capture
227,675 lbs. of trash
per year
The End Result
The End Result
Thank You
• Alice Ferguson Foundation –
Tracy Bowen and the “Trash Babes”
• U.S. EPA Region 3
Questions?
Scott Lines, Stormwater Program Analyst
City of Long Beach
333 W. Ocean Blvd., 9th Fl.
Long Beach, CA 90814
562-570-5938
[email protected]