Billions Invested in Clean Water: Port Milwaukee Implements a Range of Methods to Great Success

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Milwaukee Trash Skimmer
In 2012, an environmental star of sorts was born, celebrated by Milwaukeeans, especially those who enjoy strolling along the Milwaukee Riverwalk or kayaking on Milwaukee River. The Lynyrd Skymmr is a 50-foot-long river skimmer that cruises Port Milwaukee‘s waterways several times a week to collect floating debris — dead fish, plastic bottles, branches and other

Keeping Milwaukee’s Waterways Clean for the DNC

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MMSD Trash Skimmer
The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewer District is preparing for the Democratic National Convention and the appearance of clean water is a big part of show casing what the city offers. Milwaukee’s Trash Hunter, the Lynyrd Skymmr plays a huge role in keeping the waterways debris free. This debris skimmer boat can collect anything from plastic bottles

Milwaukee Trash Skimmer Removes Floating Debris from River

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Debris Skimmer Boat
Plastic trash and debris as large as boards, barrels and trees — all washed into local waterways during early April rainstorms — were waiting for the Lynyrd Skymmr. On Earth Day, the 50-foot-long river skimmer and its crew were pulling garbage and navigation hazards out of the Menomonee and Milwaukee rivers near downtown Milwaukee in

Trash Hunter Boat Is Cruising Passaic River For Filth

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Debris Skimmer in New Jersey
The Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission has a new weapon to help combat the perpetually unpleasant problem of floating trash and debris in the Passaic River: a state-of-the-art “Trash Hunting” vessel. The PVSC launched its Aquarius System Trash Hunter TH-34 Skimmer Vessel into the Newark Bay last week, sending it off on its first wave of

September 2011 Solutions Newsletter

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Top portion of the September 2011 newsletter
New Trash Skimmer: To Maintain Milwaukee’s Rivers and Harbor Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District has purchased a new Aquatic Trash Skimmer from Aquarius Systems to replace a 23-year old trash skimmer. The smaller, old boat removed 1,683 cubic yards of debris, plus 38 tree trunks from the surface of Milwaukee’s rivers and harbor in one year;

Trash Skimmer Removes 20 Tons of River Debris in 4 Hours

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Aquatic Trash Hunter
Two Aquarius Systems’ Aquatic Trash Skimmer boats were deployed to remove floating materials from the Ganga River at Sangam, India. Plastic bags, bottles, cans, food packets and coconuts among other items are dumped in the river by humans. The Trash Hunters removed about 20 tons of water materials without four hours.  The plan is to

DC Water Launches Two River Boat Skimmers

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Trash Skimmer Boats Remove River Debris
Two new Trash Hunters launched by DC Water this week will help scoop up floating trash and debris from the Anacostia River, making the waterways cleaner and more enjoyable. These boats a big investment by DC Water to reclaim our rivers. They will literally be pulling tons of trash out of the Anacostia and Potomac