Ugly Rain

It rained yesterday. So how is that expensive litter trap doing with regards to keeping Dog River free of trash? Good news and bad news.

The good news is the litter trap prevented some of Eslava Creek's storm water trash from flowing down to Dog River.

The bad news is Dog River waterfront homeowners downstream of the litter trap are still burdened with storm water trash pollution. Above photo shows a resident out in the rain raking storm water trash away from his shoreline trash barrier fence so the City's storm water trash continues on downstream to burden some other homeowner.

In the above photo another resident downstream of the litter trap is out in the rain trying to dislodge storm water trash (which included a dead deer) collecting next to his boat. In other words, the litter trap is not helping this homeowner.

Down stream of the litter trap the rain left this home owner with a ring of trash around his property.

The rain left this boathouse downstream of the litter trap clogged with a nasty amount of storm water trash.

Downstream of the litter trap it is still easy to see an Ugly amount of trash floating in the water along the shoreline of Dog River. The litter trap is about worthless if no one removes the existing trash already polluting Dog River.

And what about living along Dog River near Moore Creek which has no litter trap? Look at the view the rain left this home owner. Ugly eh?

Look at the Ugly view people in this $1 Million Dollar home get to see. Storm water trash pollution is the reward people get for the priviledge of owning property along Dog River.

Again, the good news is the litter trap prevented some of the Litter Chunking community's trash from going into Dog River. 

The bad news you would never even know there is a litter trap in the Dog River watershed due to all the trash seen after every rain. And yesterdays approx 4.5 inch rain with the exception of the brief initial deluge was for the most part a gentle rain that should not have propelled much trash into Dog River. As often as I have paddled up and down Dog River I still have NOT seen the City of Mobile's litter removal boat working Dog River.

Dog River continues to be burdened with vast amounts of trash pollution because the Ugly Mobile community has yet to get tough on littering and has yet to institute a plan to regularly remove roadside ditch trash and waterway trash pollution. That is the UGLY truth.