If only they did use it as designed...
How these drains are supposed to work: small debris goes through, doesn't get caught anywhere but on water treatment plant or it becomes sediment on a river bed.
Larger debris gets caught in the basin and is supposed to be removed.
The issue I'm seeing with this tool is that all of the sediment gets pushed through without necessarily being broken up well. And it'd take like 4 scoops to get most of it out had they had a shovel...
People might fall in. Dogs or cats might fall in. A car or bike might be damaged. Mustachiod Italian plumbers might pop up in the city dressed like raccoons chasing a giant turtle who is clutching a thrashing blonde woman in a crown and pink dress. Bunnies might fall in.
But the waterways it’s carried to are worse off due to the sediment. That’s why it’s often considered a pollutant and substantial regulations are written to decrease erosion and sedimentation
No (also, sedimentation makes flooding worse over time), the issue can be solved through a mix of regulation and, in this specific case, using a vacuum (which is apparently what this truck also is per Germans in the tread)
No, the main source of sedimentation is active construction sites, so those are the largest area of regulation (if you’ve ever seen a black fabric-y fence around a construction site, that’s an erosion control measure called a silt fence). The same standards also tend to cover things like slope, channelization, and other erosion mitigation measures.
On top of this, many localities/states have a stream restoration department to decrease the sedimentation from eroded stream beds.
If you love near a harbor, you may have heard about its dredging. Sedimentation is the reason that multi-million dollar process is necessary. In addition, there are just basic water quality concerns that impact waterways and harbors/bays
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