Beach trench lauded as cutting-edge
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recognized the city’s cutting-edge Strand Infiltration Trench Project under the beach sand with a 2010 Performance and Innovation in the State Revolving Fund Creating Environmental Success Award. The ceremony in Sacramento last week marked a second honor for the project. Late last year the trench received a 2010 B.E.S.T. Project of the Year Award from the Southern California Chapter of the American Public Works Association. “We are pleased and gratified to have this recognition of the hard work and innovative efforts of our public works departments and the team responsible for the Strand Infiltration Trench Project,” Mayor Pete Tucker said. “This project exemplifies the city’s commitment to making Hermosa Beach a greener place to live, work and play.” The beach trench, completed in April 2010, lies three feet under the sand and runs from the city pier 1,000 feet south, parallel to the Strand wall, ending at Eighth Street. It is designed to collect urban storm-water runoff – a leading cause of ocean pollution – from a huge storm drain at Pier Avenue and filter down through the beach sand instead of spilling into the blue Pacific. The…
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