Session 4B: Tackling Litter and Marine Debris from Different Angles

Using Infrastructure Controls to Stop Litter from reaching the Waterways in Orange County

By Ziad Y. Mazboudi, PE. QSP/QSD, CPSWQ, CPESC, LEED AP Senior Civil Engineer

Orange County
34 cities & County unincorporated 948 sq. miles 13 Watersheds Population: 3.1 Million

42 miles of beaches = $$$$$

So, how do we go from this to that?!

The Basics

Enhanced Street Sweeping Storm drain stenciling Public Education Beach and creek clean up events Trash/recycling containers Enforcement

Intermediate
Linear radial screens

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Catch basin screens/inserts

Serious Treatment
Hydrodynamic Separators
Diversions Litter Booms

The Trash Infrastructure Pyramid

$$$

California Proposed Trash Policy

Catch Basin Screens

REM Curb protector with hydrocarbon pouch

United Stormwater screen cover

United Stormwater ARS wing-gate

Catch Basin inserts

Kristar FloGuard Plus

United Stormwater DrainPac

Bio Clean Grate Inlet Skimmer Box

All catch basins in Dana Point have an insert with a filter Total: 800 Cost per year to maintain: $140,000 Average debris removed annually: 50 Tons

1,407 Automatic Retractable Screens 99 Catch Basin Inserts 4 CDS 10 Linear Radial Removal Devices 44 curb inlet baskets 1 Marina Trash Skimmer

City of San Juan Capistrano Linear Radial Gross Solid Removal Device Roscoe Moss

The system can treat up to 970,000 gallons per day, but averages about 350,000 gpd. Trash/debris are removed in wet well,

City of San Clemente

Poshe Beach System treats up to 800 gpm peak (1.8 cfs) or 1.1 million gallons per day. Gross solids (trash/debris) are removed in a wet well, then runoff passes through sand filters and then a UV chamber to destroy bacteria.

City of San Clemente Storm Drain Treatment Units

Locations: Calafia Parque Del Mar West El Portal West Mariposa/Escalones Palizada Linda Lane

City of Dana Point Diversions with CDS units

Hydrodynamic separator during construction

CDS unit with debris

CDS unit cross section

Media filtration vault at Baby Beach

Trash and Debris booms

Street projects with limited right of way using Filterra or similar devices

Alton Parkway extension project

Resources
Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program Trash BMP Tool Box- Treatment and Institutional Controls MUNICIPAL BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR CONTROLLING TRASH AND DEBRIS IN STORMWATER AND URBAN RUNOFF California Coastal Commission & Algalita Marine Research Foundation County of Orange Stormwater Program City of San Clemente City of Dana Point OCTA

Questions
Ziad Y. Mazboudi, PE City of San Juan Capistrano Senior Civil Engineer zmazboudi@sanjuancapistrano.org Tel: 949-234-4413 www.sanjuancapistrano.org