Tacony Creek Park Stormwater Plastic
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Plastic pollution from stormwater is a problem in Tacony Creek Park in Philadelphia. A walk along a 95 foot section of the park found 155 pieces of litter. Trash from an unpaved drainage channel empties directly into Tacony Creek without passing through a trash trap. Plastic bottles and other debris were found along the banks and in the waters of Tacony Creek in various locations within the park.
Tacony Creek Park Stormwater Plastic
- 1. Stormwater Plastic Pollution in Philadelphia’s Tacony Creek Park TTF Watershed Tacony Creek Park
- 3. Source: Bing Maps Birds Eye View
- 4. Partially covered stormwater inlets A B
- 5. Litter Walk: A to B: 155 pieces of litter in 95 feet
- 6. Trash Route to Tacony Creek @ Cresentville Road & Adams Ave Unpaved drainage channel – Adams Ave to Tacony Creek No trash trap
- 7. Bottles - Unpaved Drainage Channel Cresentville Road & Adams Ave c d e c d e
- 8. Bottles by Road side Cresentville Road & Adams Ave f g f Adams Ave – Road side of wall g Adams Ave – Park side of wall
- 9. Stormwater Plastic In Tacony Creek Park h i h – Tacony Creek bank brush just up stream of Roosevelt Blvd. i – Tacony Creek woody debris along bank just down stream of Roosevelt Blvd j – Tacony Creek bottle line after flood flow recedes – just downstream of Roosevelt Blvd j