Have you ever wondered why the Wissahickon Creek is so clan and the Tacony Creek is so dirty?
After conducting numerous field surveys, I’m beginning to understand the Tookany – Tacony Creek trash situation. I’ve found 10 Philadelphia Water Department stormwater outfalls with evidence of trash in the outfall channel or immediately downstream of the outfall, making hte outfall a suspect for trash discharge to the Tookany – Tacony Creek.
This pdf documents my concerns about the discharge of floatable trash from PWD outfalls: Potential_role_of_10_outfalls