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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Makes Award to Houston's Trash Skimmer Program
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The U.S. EPA has awarded 1st prize in the prestigious 2004 "Gulf Guardian" contest to the floating trash skimming program run jointly by the Port of Houston Authority, the Buffalo Bayou Partnership, and Harris County, Texas. The EPA credited this program, relying on a UMI TrashCatT, for "dramatic visual improvement," "improving water quality," saving aquatic life from ingesting trash, and generally helping to restore marine ecological function.
The "Gulf Guardian" contest recognizes environmental achievement in the five state Gulf of Mexico region.
For more information, click on the URL's below
http://www.epa.gov/gmpo/gulfguard/2004_govern_1st.html
http://www.epa.gov/gmpo/gulfguard.html
http://www.portofhouston.com/pdf/pubaffairs/POHA-mag_junjul03.pdf
("Mighty Tidy" shown on the cover of Port of Houston
Magazine - story on pages 6-7)
(Click on photos for enlargements)
TrashCat™ "Mighty Tidy" skimming
the Houston Ship
Channel
for floating trash and debris
TrashCat™ approaching the Pier Conveyor
with portable hydraulic Power Pack to discharge
and transfer debris into the dumpster
TrashCat™ "Mighty Tidy" removing
floating trash
between seawall and a ship in Houston Ship Channel
Photos Courtesy Buffalo Bayou Partnership
For more information, contact:
E-mail: info@lwtpithog.com
Phone: 800-243-1406 US only, or 715-246-2888
Fax: 715-246-2573
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