Hermosa Beach Goes Low-Tech

Hermosa Beach is on the cutting edge of low-tech pollution prevention. Right along the Strand, they’ve installed a 1,000 foot trench to capture urban runoff. All the trench does is capture the water and allow it to slowly filter into the sand. Since sand is so fine, it will capture any pollution particles and basically completely clean the water. It’s such a simple way to prevent pollution, and, in theory, water capture like this can also recharge our groundwater supplies.  Read more about this win-win project at Hermosa Beach Patch.