The trash boom

A floating barrier across the river channel just north of the border. It has stopped about 2,000 tons of debris over two storm seasons, and it only catches what floats.

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Page headerThe floating trash boom holding debris after a storm. 4:3

[This page still needs writing]

The layout, navigation and links are in place. The words are not, because they have to come from the sources rather than be made up.

What it should cover:

  • How the boom is built and why a simple design survives this river.
  • What it catches and what passes underneath, and why crews cannot clear it during storms.
  • What the funding covers, when it runs out, and what a permanent structure would involve.
  • How it connects to the canyon booms and paid collection upstream in Tijuana.

Sources to draw on: RCAC trash boom funding announcement, San Diego Coastkeeper. The trial entry on the map already carries the figures and the sources.