Phila Trash

Emails to PWD, Mayor Nutter, Shawn Garvin (EPA III) and/or David Burke (PaDEP)

• 9/4/14: Philadelphia’s Plastic Trash Discharge to Tidal Schuylkill River
• 6/27/14: Fugitive_trash_NMC#7_Issue_06-27-14
• 6/20/14: Solving PHL Fugitive Trash Problem with PHL Response
• 5/27/14: PHL_CSO_permit_Renwal_Rec_d_Float_Monit
• 5/13/14: Time_Rebrand_PHL_GC_CW
• 5/11/14: PHL_Plastic_Bottles-Pollute_TTF
• 4/2/14: Examples_PHL_Inadequate_Litter_Float_Control
• 2/19/14:  PHL_CSO_NMC_Time_Line
• 1/29/14: EPA Dep Admin R. Perciasepie – PHL GC CW Research Needs
• 1/20/14: EPA Dep Admin R. Perciasepie – PHL Trash in Outfalls
• 10/31/13: EPA III Admin Shawn Garvin – PHL Litter in CSO Outfalls
• 5/6/13: PWD Staff – 10 PWD Outfalls with Trash
• 4/10/13: Commissioner Neukreg – Floatables in TTF Update
• 3/18/13: Commissioner Neukreg – Floatables in TTF Concern
• 2/26/13: PWD Staff – PWD Outfalls with Evidence of Trash
• 2/15/13: Commissioner H. Neukreg – Instream Trash Trap Video
• 1/3/13: Commissioner H. Neukreg – Trash Task Force Kickoff
• 11/12/12: 11_12_12_M_DiBernard_TCP_Trash _Strategic_Plan
• 10/15/12: Deputy Mayor DiBernardinis, Com. Neukreg – TCP Trash Initative Update
• 9/26/12:  Deputy Mayor DiBernardinas & Com. Neukreg – TCP Trash

Synthesis Documents (traces the evolution of my understanding of the TTF Creek Trash problem. Most recent at top of list)

1. Delaware Estuary Plastics: EPA 2 & 3 Talk (2/10/16)
2. PDF: Historical View of Plastic Litter (11/19/15)
   • PPT:Historical View of Plastic Litter
3. Trash Hot Spot Analysis: 5/11/15
4. Phila City Council Enviro Hearing (3/18/15) Testimony
5. Litter – GIS Workshop (2/26/15)
6. Partnership Del Estuary – Monitoring Stormwater Trash  (1/28/15)
7. Partnership Del Estuary – Talking Trash Panel (1/26/15)
8. Litter GIS Briefing: Streets Dept (10/27/14)
9. Phila_NMC7_7_3_2014
10. Fugitive_Trash – 6/18/14
11. Philadelphia’s Street Cleaning Approach
12. Phila Plastic Bottles in Tacony – Frankford Creek
13. Inadequate T-14 Control Building Floatables Control
14. 4/1/14 Tacony – Frankford Creek Trash Photo Tour
15. 3/11/14 Trash Tour – Tacony Creek Park & Tacony Creek
16. PWD’s NMC 6 Implementation Time line: 1995-2013
17. Estimating Philadelphia’s Floatables Load – Storm Event Analysis (3/2014)
18. Creek Trash Assessment (CTA) Methodology: Working Paper (12/6/13) – Demonstrates CTA on 4 segments of Mill Run Creek
19. Philadelphia’s Plastic Bag Litter is Polluting Tookany-Tacony-Frankford (TTF) Creek  (PDF, 8/12/13) summarizes my assessment that plastic bags coming from PWD outfalls
20. Rock Creek Trash Jam Movement (6/12/13 post that shows dynamic nature of trash jams)
21. 10 PWD_Outfalls_with Trash 2_a (5/6/13) (PDF showing 10 PWD outfalls with evidence of trash below outfall )
22. Philadelphia and Cheltenham Litter is Polluting Upper Rock Creek  (4/30/13 – PDF assessing sources of Upper Rock Creek Trash)
23. Potential Role of PWD Outfalls on TTF Creek Trash (4/6/13 PDF outlining my thoughts on how PWD outfalls may be contributing trash to TTF Creek)
24. Who’s Polluting  Rock Creek in Cheltenham, Pa? Let’s findout so that we can  get the problem corrected (3/16/13 PDF summarizing Rock Creek Trash problem and potential role of Philadelphia and Cheltenham outfalls)
25. Who’s Polluting Mill Run Creek?  (3/13/13, PDF summarizing investigation in extensive creek trash in Mill Run downstream of Philadelphia and Cheltenham MS4 outfalls)
26. Tacony Creek Park – Tackling the Illegal Dumping, Stream Trash Problem: 11_12_12  (PDF documenting TCP trash problem and proposing development of strategic plan to address issue)
27. Tacony Creek Park Stream Trash Initiative Looking at Illegal Dumping: (10/24/12 PDF looking at role of illegal dumping on Tacony Creek Park trash)

Updates (routine updates to TTF Trash Task Force and others)

1. Trash_Mass_Balance_2_14_13_Task_Force_meeting
2. TTF Trash Update:_3_20_13
3. TTF trash Update: 4/14/13
4. TTF Trash Update: 5/16/13
5. TTF Trash Task Update: 6/20/13
6. TTF Trash Update_7_16_13

Field Survey Reports (document my field surveys)

1. 10/13/14 Delaware River – W Deptford, NJ
2. 9/3/14 Tidal Schuylkill River Bank Trash Assessment
3. 4/1/14 Tacony – Frankford Creek Trash Photo Tour
4. Burholme Park & Creek Trash Survey (3/2/13)
5. Upper Rock Creek – Cedarbrook Plaza (2/11/13)
6. Upper Rock Creek – Cheltenham_Plaza (2/20/13)
7. Upper Rock Creek – Cheltenham_Mall (2/20/13)
8. Tookany Creek  Trash_Photo_Survey_HS_Park (2/20/13)
9. Lower Tookany Creek Photo Survey (2/11/13)
10. Tacony Creek – Whitakr Ave Bridge Area (12/8/12)
11. Upper Rock Creek Trash Photo Survey (2/5/13)
12. Trash Photo Survey – PWD MS4 Outfall T-080-02 (2/26/13)
13. Trash Photo Survey – PWD MS4 Outfall T-080-03 (2/26/13)
14. Trash Photo Survey  Mill_Run Creek (2/25/13)
15. Lower_Tookany Creek Outfall_Survey (2/25/13)

Philadelphia Documents

1. PWD Updated Nine Minimum Controls (6/1/13)
2. PWD – Oct., 2010 Memorandum – T4-Nets_ Final
3. PWD 1995 CSO Nine Minimum Controls Implementation

Methodology – How To Documents

1. ArcGIS_Explorer_how_to
2. Draft Philadelphia Creek Trash Trash Assessment Methodology (5/9/13)