Solar panel array keeps the wheel moving. When there isn't enough current to turn the wheel, a The wheel lifts trash and debris from the water and deposits it in a dumpster barge. The wheel works because the current of the river provides power to turn the water wheel. It's capable of processing 25 tons a day, though it hasn't ever processed more than about 5 tons in a day. Every day since May 16 when it was installed, it has removed tons of debris from the water, with about 63 tons collected as of July 7. The water wheel sits at the perfect place to collect all of this debris before it can make it any farther and it's working really well. Any trash that ends up on the street or ground instead of in trash cans or recycling bins ends up in storm drains, heading down that river and eventually making its way to the Chesapeake Bay and the This river is fed into by the entire Jones Falls Watershed which encompasses 58-square miles of land where tiny streams all lead to the Jones Falls River, which empties into the harbor. The Inner Harbor Water Wheel sits at the mouth of the Jones Falls River where it empties into the Inner Harbor. This centuries-old technology is quickly becoming the best solution yet for keeping This is surely the case in Baltimore where a giant water wheel is removing tons of trash every day from the water, keeping it from ending up in the ocean.

Sometimes old technologies prove to be the best. JULY 2014 - TREEHUGGER: BALTIMORE RIVER WATER WHEEL - MR TRASH A solar panel array keeps the wheel moving when A raking system helps move trash onto a conveyor belt that dumps it TRASH - Two floating booms direct river debris to the front of the water

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