Keller - Roanoke - Northeast Fort Worth | October 2024

Government

Fort Worth ocials halt trash-collecting water wheel project

Fort Worth’s water wheel would have been installed in the Clear Fork section of the Trinity River, near Panther Island Pavilion. The water wheel is engineered to keep collecting trash as the water level changes and can capture up to 50,000 pounds daily of litter and debris, according to city documents. The hope was to have a trash-reducing impact similar to the Trash Wheel Family in Baltimore. What else? According to city ocials, the city collected approximately 19.7M pounds of litter in scal year 2024 across all its litter-reduction eorts, including street sweeping, litter collection events, volunteer-led collections, contracted services and aquatic litter traps. The city report states if additional funding becomes available, ocials may revisit the project. Those interested in donating to the project can do so by visiting Keep Fort Worth Beautiful’s website.

Nearly a year after approving a memorandum of understanding with the Tarrant Regional Water District to install a water wheel on the Trinity River, the city decided to discontinue the initiative. The details According to a city report, the project was suspended due to insucient fundraising and increases in costs of labor and materials. Based on the bid responses, the construc- tion and purchase of a water wheel totaled $1.9 million. The report states as of Aug. 31, there remains an outstanding project funding gap of $500,000. Diving in deeper According to a city news release, water wheels collect and remove trash and debris from the river’s surface using hydropower or solar power, containment booms and a conveyor belt system.

Water wheels, such as the Trash Wheel Family, are used to clean trash and debris out of waterways all over the world.

COURTESY WATERFRONT PARTNERSHIP OF BALTIMORE

Water wheel funding Total project cost: $1.9M

Actual funding: $1.4M

73.68% funded

SOURCE: CITY OF FORT WORTHCOMMUNITY IMPACT

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