Tookany Creek Watershed Trash Pollution Update Photographic Trash Surveys Jan- May, 2013*

1. Cedarbrook Plaza and Upper Rock Creek

2. Cheltenham Mall and Upper Rock Creek

3. Cedarbrook Plaza 4. Mill Run Creek 5. Tookany Creek – High School Park Area 6. Burholme Park and Burholme Creek 7. Lower Tookany Creek 8. Outfall (Lower Took Creek Prkwy) 9. Outfall T-080-03 10. Outfall T-080-02 11. Rock Creek

Tookany Creek Surveys

Findings to Date 1

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9

5

3

10

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7

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• Litter is Watershed wide problem • Commercial area litter significant • Creek trash throughout Watershed • Outfalls are a significant source of

Creek trash • 2004 Outfall survey needs updating • Traces of sewage observed below

several stormwater outfalls • Plastic bags major creek trash problem • Plastic bags could be passing inlet

traps – this needs further investigation • Illegal dumping at Burholme Park • Photo Surveys important 1st step • ArcGIS and GPS important tools in

Trash Surveys

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5/16/13 1 * Original trash surveys focused on Tacony Creek Park area: Aug – Nov, 2012

Tookany – Tacony Creek Trash Conditions Aug, 2012 - April, 2013

Not surveyed Sub Optimal -- trash at low levels Medium – trash evident Poor – trash distracts eye

Trash condition score based on California Water Boards’ Urban Rapid Trash Assess protocol GIS map made with ArcGIS Explorer – Using PWD Tacony Creek shape file and visual observations by KOD. For illustration only, further research needed to establish actual creek trash condition ratings.

Phila – Mont Co Border

Rock Creek

Mill Run Creek

Tookany Creek

Tacony Creek

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Trash Build-up Factors Trash load Dilution Ratio (Creek flow/ Outfall flow) Channel Roughness (snag, trap trash)

• Woody debris jams • Exposed rocks • Bank vegetation

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PWD MS4 Outfall T-080-02 Trash Just Downstream

Below PWD MS4 Outfall: T-088-01

PWD MS4 Outfall T-097-01 Rock Channel below outfall

PWD CSO Outfall T-05

Preliminary indication that neutral buoyancy materials (plastic bags) may be bypassing PWD inlet traps

Frankford Creek

Rock Creek

T-097-01: PWD MS4 Outfall Location & ID

T-01: PWD CSO Outfall Location & ID

T-01

T-05

T-03

T-09

T-08 T-10

T-080-02

T-080-03

T-097-01

T-088-01

T-079-01

10 PWD Outfalls That Discharge Trash to Tookany – Tacony Creek*

Kelly O’Day ( 5/6/13)

Type PWD Outfall Receiving Creek

Location Level of Evidence

T-079-02 Tacony Creek Adams Ave Trash in outfall channelT-080-02 Tookany Creek Cheltenham Ave Trash in outfall channelT-080-03 Tookany Creek Cheltenham Ave Trash in outfall channelT-088-01 Mill Run Creek Cheltenham Ave Trash in outfall channelT-097-01 Rock Creek Cheltenham Ave Trash in outfall channel

T-01 Rock Creek Below Ogontz Ave LocationT-03 Tacony Creek Below Adams Ave Trash in outfall channelT-05 Tacony Creek Below Rising Sun Ave Trash in outfall channelT-08 Tacony Creek Upstream Roosevelt Bvd LocationT-09 & T-10 Tacony Creek Roosevelt Blvd Location

CSO

MS4

PWD Outfalls with Evidence of Trash Discharge

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* PWD currently assessing these 10 outfalls.

T-088-01 MS4 Drainage Area Approx. 450 acres

PWD GIS Tools Help in Creek Trash Assessment Drainage Areas, Sewer Type

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Mall

PWD CSO T-01

PWD MS4 T-097-01

PWD MS4 T-097-02

PWD MS4 T-096-01

PWD CSO Area: T-01 261 acres

PWD MS4 Area: T-097 62 acres

PWD MS4 Area: T-096 26 acres

Cedarbrook Plaza

Cheltenham Mall

Cheltenham Plaza

PWD GIS Tools Help in Creek Trash Assessment Outfalls, Drainage Areas, Sewer Type

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Philadelphia Creek Trash Assessment (PCTA) Methodology

Reviewed number of existing methods • Anacostia Trash Survey (AWS) • Rapid Trash Assessment (Cal Water Boards) • Urban Rapid Trash Assessment (Cal Water Boards) • Stevens Creek Protocol (Cal Water Boards)

PCTA Priorities

Systematic Reproducible Document trash conditions Identify potential sources Volunteers with limited training

PWD Resources

GIS (ArcGIS Explorer) based PWD Outfall inventory Drainage Area Boundaries

Available Technology

Field hand-held GPS Digital Camera with GPS

Systematic Analysis of Field Results

Creek Segments Outfall investigations Maps Report

Standard Field Forms

Standard Analysis Maps GIS based