Al Foxx,the DPW Director visiting the Trash Interceptor at the Harris Creek Outfall on Boston Street in Canton and getting a first hand appreciation of the Trash Sweep that took place in the Harris Creek Watershed (246).
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Harris Creek Watershed Project Update May 22,2010
The Harris Creek Watershed Project is about to enter an important phase of its Project. From the beginning,it's goal was to complete a Watershed Plan with the help of the Center for Watershed Protection,the Parks and People Foundation and the Community of Neighborhoods (17) in the Watershed. Information obtained from the residents indicated a great deal of illegal trash dumping on vacant lots within the Watershed. As a result of this information,the BHWA has set up a Plan of Action that will consist of a Major Trash Cleanup in a targeted footprint in 246 that will include the Code Enforcement Office of City Housing,the DPW Trash Pickup Team and the Community Residents . This will take place starting June 12 with a Kickoff and go through August 30,2010. We hope to see a Major Reductiuon in Trash being delivered to the Harris Creek Outflow Drain on Boston St.(presently it is 5 Tons of Trash each month). If so,we plan to offer this Model to the other direct watersheds emptying into the Baltimore Harbor. Along with this Trash Sweep will be the Second Workshop (June 5th) that will introduce Storm Water Management Practices within the Harris Creel Watershed. Stay tuned for more to come. Ray Bahr MD BHWA
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