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Article: No logjams on this job River Skimmer helps keep downtown waterway clear of debris
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 8, 2009
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By DON BEHM
The day after a storm blows through the city, the Milwaukee River
looks more like the parking lot after a game at Miller Park than a
scenic stream.
Food containers, beverage cups, plastic bottles and bags, straws,
a large blue plastic barrel and assorted trash mingle in the current
flowing past downtown bridges and boat docks.
There are tree branches, trunks and stumps bobbing at the surface
of the coffee-colored water, surrounded by urban flotsam and jetsam
as small as a golf ball and as large as a lawn chair.
Sweeping it all up is the work of the River Skimmer, a city-
operated vessel that's done the task a few days a week with little
fanfare since 1998, collecting 60 cubic ...
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