ANACOSTIA WATERSHED TRASH REDUCTION PLAN
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTByANACOSTIA WATERSHED SOCIETYJames R. & Cynthia A. Collier
QUARTERLY MONITORINGRIVER SEGMENTS = 9 = 5,143 ft = 1,507
items of trashSTREAM SEGMENTS = 38 = 35,653 ft =
28,883 items of trashLAND USE SEGMENTS = 25 areas = 916
items of trashWINDSHIELD SURVEY = 1,578 Blocks =
47,367 items of trash (one side only)Quarterly about 78,673 pieces of trash were
counted.
Anacostia River-Total Trash
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HOT STREETSHickey Run Block Count Street Block Count Street Block Count
1.(50-74)Street 2.(75-99) 3.(100+)
S. DakotaVistaBladensburg 57.5
Rhode Island Ave 17-15 78.75 S. Dakota V-NYA 108.75
Bladensburg 28-26 58.75 Evarts RIA-17 93.75 N. York AveSD-Bladensburg 237
Franklin 18-20 71.25 W St 16-Montana 75.75N. York Ave
Wva-16 205
Evarts 18-20 59.25 25 Pl Blad-End 83.75N. York Ave
16-Fenwick 212.5
Evarts 22-24 58.25 W. Va. Fenwick-16 80N. York Ave
Fen-Kendal 182.5
Evarts 24-26 65 W.Va. 16-NYA 86.25 Vista 26-SDA 167.5
Evarts 28-end 50 17 StW VA- Montana 87.5 Montana 18th-NYA 191.25
Hamlin 18-20 70.75 24 Pl Blad-End 237.5
22ndDouglas-Channing 56.25 Montana
WVa-Bldnsbrg 233.75
18 Pl 55
Channing 22-24 50
Adams 31-33 61.7
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Epicurean Philosophy of Trash
EatDrinkBe merryWork
CONCLUSIONSTrash is an interstate problemPlastic bags, bottles & cans and Styrofoam are
70-80% of the problem. Legislative solutions are available.
Paper products degrade QUICKLY. Buffer strips & trash cans are effective. Most trash is eating related
Pollutant Source Control Public OutreachStandard Structural
DeviceStreet and Catch Basin Cleaning
Inspection and Enforcement
Fecal Coliform Bacteria x x x x xBOD x x x x x
Nitrogen x x x x x
Phosphorus x x x x x
TSS x x x x x
Oil/Grease x x x x x
Zinc x x x x
Lead x x x x
Copper x x x
Arsenic x x x x
PAH1 x x x
PAH2 x x x
PAH3 x x x
Chlordane x x
Heptachlor Epoxide x x
Dieldrin x x
DDD x x
DDE x x
DDT x x
Total PCB
TMDL IMPLEMENTATION
WASA Floatables Program
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Legislative SolutionA total legislative package that deals with
plastic bags, EPF and drink bottles and cans has the ability to remove collectively 21%, 11%, and 25% of the items from the River. This is 57 % of the total Anacostia River trash.
In the tributaries, the removal would be 47 %, 5 %, and 14% for a total removal of 66%.
BMP SELECTION CRITERIA The tributaries to the main Anacostia River should be as
clean as the river.The strategy should build upon or compliment the
Anacostia TMDL Implementation Plan for the twenty specified pollutants.
To be cost effective, storm water should not be treated twice to remove trash. There are a number of the tributaries which drain into very large storm sewers and are comingled with other storm water flows before reaching the Anacostia River.
To the extent reasonable, the actions should be those that the government has demonstrated that it knows how to perform well.
The citizens should be satisfied with the results.The costs should be something that can be afforded.
TYPES OF TRASHTrash can be sorted into four components for BMP
evaluation purposes. floatables such as plastic drink bottles, foam cups
and clamshells and woody debris which are about 15 percent
high density sinking objects such as glass bottles, and aluminum beverage cans which are about 15 percent.
Minor fraction of degradable objects such as paper bags and newspapers.
70 percent of the trash that is observed in the streams is neutrally buoyant objects such as plastic bags and snack wrappers which will float under quiescent conditions while clean, but are more likely to be entrained by velocity currents.
IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGYFourteen Individual tributary and MS4 basin
trash reduction strategies.Cheapest and most efficient concept was
screening the inlets and high efficiency street sweeping WEEKLY.
Most environmentally friendly was water quality wetland creation for trash and TMDL pollutants removal.
Street sweeping not only helps the streams but also provides clean neighborhoods.
INLET SCREEN
STREET SWEEPER
CAPITAL COSTS BY BASINBasin S&S Wetland
Pope $190,248
FD-1 56,675
FD-2 34,670
Texas Ave 113,795
Pope MS4 74,007
Chaplin 193,137
Ft DuPont 57,708
Stickfoot $3,444,455
Watts 1,159,734
Nash 370,277
E Cap 979,730
Stanton 49,566
StantonMS4 124,915
Ely 2,396,142
Ft Dav MS4 170,249
Penn 216,475
Kingman 86,069 494,204
Naylor 3,444,455
Subtotal $3,877,262 $9,779,257
O& M = $2.6M/YR
Total Capital Cost = $13,656,520
Trash FreePlan provides legislative solution which will
reduce rate increase.Plan has capital costs that are reasonable and
provide not only clean streams but clean communities.
Plan meets all TMDL pollutant removal requirements of MS4 Permit.
Plan achieves trash free Anacostia by 2013.Provides “Reasonable Assurances” for the
Anacostia trash TMDL due Spring 2010.
Plastic Bag Bill
Place a 5-cent fee, paid by consumer, on all disposable recyclable plastic and paper carryout bags from Retail Food Establishment license holders (including grocery stores, food vendors, convenience stores, drug stores, restaurants) and Class A & B liquor licensees.
Ban non-recyclable plastic carryout bags; require that if a plastic carryout bag is offered, that it must be recyclable and clearly labeled as such.
The retail establishment will get 1 cent of fee returned tax exempt to the retailer.
Retailers who choose to offer a carryout bag credit program will retain an additional cent, for a total of 2 cents per bag.
The remaining fee per bag will be deposited into a new Anacostia River Cleanup & Protection Fund.