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Project aims to keep trash out of LA river

Posted by: Maven on November 16, 2009 at 6:18 am

trashFrom the Long Beach Press Telegram:

“Shopping carts, tires or furniture floating down the Los Angeles River and into the San Pedro Bay could be a thing of the past.

A major environmental project to help 16 cities capture tons of their trash before it enters the Los Angeles River moved forward when a regional authority awarded a $5 million contract funded with federal stimulus monies Thursday.

The contract will fund the installation of approximately 12,000 trash-collection devices known as catch basin inserts into storm drains, under the contract awarded by the LA Gateway Region Integrated Regional Water Management Authority (LA Gateway Authority).

One insert will be installed inside each publicly held storm drain that leads to the Los Angeles River in all of the 16 Gateway Cities. …”

Read more from the Long Beach Press Telegram by clicking here.

Photograph of trash in the water by flickr photographer Stacina.

November 16, 2009 · Filed Under Southern California

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