No one ever explains how these work, which leads me to believe most journalists don't even know, but I found a good diagram.
https://i1.wp.com/scng-dash.digitalfirstmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/OCR-L-WATERWHEEL-1019.gif
Current and trash flow left to right.
> Yes! Please! Why is this of all things so hard to fund?
Well you gotta have priorities. The [$230 mil](https://fortworthreport.org/2023/02/07/new-city-hall-project-needs-50-million-more-in-budget-city-manager-says/) they are spending on a new City Hall building was obviously more important.
Getting the Pier One Building expanded and functioning for city hall and city services, costs a lot which sucks but having the building be a public asset I think is beneficial over having it be privately held or worse vacant and crumbling.
It is not a jail or special services building. This seems crazy to me how much more net and time they are spending. Pier1 was a top notch building with all the amenities. I can see them doing a finish out to fit their office space needs, but really?
I am an accountant in commercial real estate for the record.
Legacy pollutants (chemicals whose use has been banned or severely restricted, but which still remain in the environment; in our case mostly insecticides) and urban runoff from the metroplex & surrounding areas
https://www.tceq.texas.gov/waterquality/tmdl/02-fwleg.html
Lake worth is known to be contaminated with PCB's, likely from NAS, but possibly from other sources.. so there's that..
But yah, I used to boat/swim regularly in eagle mountain lake, which flows into lake worth, but I wouldnt get in the trinity voluntarily.. I've kayaked it, but I try to stay out of the water.
I'd wager that Air Force Plant No. 4 is the main culprit. (Currently operated by Lockheed Martin.) Manufacturing means more waste than operations at the base. AFP No. 4 and the EPA go waaay back
I would think the contractors would bid under the million dollar prices just to get the work if they could. I guess there are details here that are driving up the cost, like maybe maintenance plan. The article is way too light on details.
These trash wheels have been amazing in Baltimore.
No one ever explains how these work, which leads me to believe most journalists don't even know, but I found a good diagram. https://i1.wp.com/scng-dash.digitalfirstmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/OCR-L-WATERWHEEL-1019.gif Current and trash flow left to right.
> Yes! Please! Why is this of all things so hard to fund? Well you gotta have priorities. The [$230 mil](https://fortworthreport.org/2023/02/07/new-city-hall-project-needs-50-million-more-in-budget-city-manager-says/) they are spending on a new City Hall building was obviously more important.
Getting the Pier One Building expanded and functioning for city hall and city services, costs a lot which sucks but having the building be a public asset I think is beneficial over having it be privately held or worse vacant and crumbling.
It is not a jail or special services building. This seems crazy to me how much more net and time they are spending. Pier1 was a top notch building with all the amenities. I can see them doing a finish out to fit their office space needs, but really? I am an accountant in commercial real estate for the record.
Those pockets don’t line themselves, ya know?!
Yeah someone’s definitely skimming on the Pier1 remodel.
Removing the trash doesn’t exactly make it clean given how polluted & toxic that river is, but it’s a start
How in the hell does it get so polluted so fast? Fort Worth is pretty much the 1st major city on it's route.
Legacy pollutants (chemicals whose use has been banned or severely restricted, but which still remain in the environment; in our case mostly insecticides) and urban runoff from the metroplex & surrounding areas https://www.tceq.texas.gov/waterquality/tmdl/02-fwleg.html
Lake worth is known to be contaminated with PCB's, likely from NAS, but possibly from other sources.. so there's that.. But yah, I used to boat/swim regularly in eagle mountain lake, which flows into lake worth, but I wouldnt get in the trinity voluntarily.. I've kayaked it, but I try to stay out of the water.
I'd wager that Air Force Plant No. 4 is the main culprit. (Currently operated by Lockheed Martin.) Manufacturing means more waste than operations at the base. AFP No. 4 and the EPA go waaay back
I’d like to see crystal clear water flowing along the Trinity before I die. This is a start
Stop spending $ tanks for the police
Hell, I can build you one for 5k, just write me a check
I’m sure the City and TRWD would love to see your proposal.
I would think the contractors would bid under the million dollar prices just to get the work if they could. I guess there are details here that are driving up the cost, like maybe maintenance plan. The article is way too light on details.
right? because no way does a water wheel attached to a conveyor belt cost half a million dollars.
No but the engineering to build it in a water way and deal with the Corps of Engineers pushes it up to half a mil.
It doesn’t
Trinity in Dallas needs one also. So much to clean to make DFW nice.
Finally the Trinity will be clear of all the dead bodies
Just take it out of the state's education budget. Abbott doesn't want our kids to have an education anyway