Concrete Rivers: Where Does the Trash Go?
Ξ April 20th, 2008 | → | ∇ Concrete River, Water Pollution |
Concrete Rivers: Where Does the Trash Go?
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I live in Southern California and there are many flood control channels, or essentially “concrete rivers” as some are called. Well, most really only have more than a trickle of water in them when it rains a lot.
At any rate it seems like whenever I drive across one of these concrete rivers or channels there is a lot of trash in some of them. I don’t know for sure, but I’ve heard some of them flow to the ocean, the Pacific Ocean.
Whether a particular channel flows to the ocean or not what happens to all the accumulated trash in those rivers? That could be a mountain of pollution, garbage pollution, in addition to water pollution.
If you know where all the accumulated trash in these concrete rivers goes please inform us.
I can only assume the lack of money or low priority is the reason the trash is not cleaned up in the first place.
Some info:
The Los Angeles River is an intermittent river flowing through Los Angeles County, California, from Canoga Park in the west end of the San Fernando Valley, 51 miles southeast to its mouth in Long Beach. For most of its length, the river flows through a narrow concrete channel. Today, some environmental groups advocate the removal of concrete and the restoration of natural vegetation and wildlife.
The river flows in a concrete flood control channel capable of delivering massive amounts of rainwater to the ocean during the rainy season.
In the dry season, about 80% of the water in the river consists of recycled sewage water. While this water is cleaner than the water in most urban rivers around the world, it is polluted from runoff from the city streets, which drain into the river all along its fifty odd mile course. Rainy season overflow from the streets of Los Angeles are particularly toxic and have created pollution problems along the beaches following heavy storms.
Is there anyone that lives in an area where there are “concrete rivers” or concrete channels where the rain water drainage flows?
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