Climate change is worsening storms and flooding, leading to more trash and pollutants entering waterways. A new debris-capturing structure, called a Debris Separating Baffle Box, is being installed in the Bay Area to prevent this pollution. These impressive structures use a series of chambers, filters, and cages to trap trash, oil, grease, and sediment before they reach the bay.
Climate change is triggering more frequent and intense storms as well as flooding. The more extreme the storm, the more trash and pollutants end up in our oceans, rivers, and streams.Now a real-life buried treasure â known as a Debris Separating Baffle Box - is seeking to trap the trash before it pollutes critical Bay Area waters, and just in time for the next series of atmospheric rivers.CBS News Bay Area got to see an installation of one of these structures at Bay Point.
The baffle box captures more than large pieces of trash.'We're capturing hydrocarbons, oil, and grease that comes off the street. We're also capturing fine sediment particulates,' explained Stiver.'We know that the trash will be caught before it gets to the bay,' said Michelle Mancuso, Senior Watershed Management Planning Specialist with the Contra Costa County Watershed Program.
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