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"THE WATER GOAT BASICALLY COLLECTS TRASH FROM UPSTREAM TO DOWNSTREAM." A CONTRAPTION WITH A FUNNY NAME HELPS CONTAINS LITTER IN ONE OF FRISCO'S CREEKS. "WE KNOW FOR A FACT THAT IT DOES WORK." FRISCO PUBLIC WORKS WANTED TO FIND A WAY TO COLLECT TRASH AND DEBRIS AFTER STAFF NOTICED A WATER FLOW ISSUE UNDER A COTTONWOOD CREEK TRAIL BRIDGE.
"THIS IS OUR VERSION OF A WATER. THIS IS BASICALLY THE CATCH ALL AS OPPOSED TO OUR CULVERT SYSTEM.” IT'S CALLED A WATER GOAT BECAUSE SIMPLY GOATS EAT TRASH.
"WE DIDN'T COME UP WITH THE NAME WATER GOAT.
IT IS IT'S AN ACTUAL PRODUCT. WE WENT AHEAD AND
BUILT IT ON OUR OWN. WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WOULD WORK." A LOCAL AQUATIC BUSINESS DONATED
USED POOL LANE DIVIDERS WHICH THE CREW STRUNG ONTO A QUARTER INCH CABLE AND THEN ATTACHED A LARGE
NET. "THAT'S WHAT HELPS CATCH THE THE WOOD AND DEBRIS AND LOCK IT IN." THE NET IS ATTACHED TO POLES
ON EITHER SIDE OF THE CREEK. "PROBABLY TOOK MAYBE A COUPLE HOURS AT THE MOST. IT WASN'T LONG, WE HAD
YOU KNOW A WHOLE TEAM OF GUYS DOING IT SO, THE MORE HANDS ON IT, IT WAS EASIER
AND GOT DONE PRETTY QUICK." "IT FLOATS ON TOP OF THE WATER SO IT'S BASICALLY A SKIMMER. IT'LL MANEUVER
ITSELF AND STAY LEVEL WITH THE HEIGHT OF THE STREAM." SEVERAL RAIN EVENTS THIS SPRING PUT THE
TRASH COLLECTOR TO THE TEST. "IT WORKS EXACTLY THE WAY WE NEED IT TO. WE WERE JUST TRYING TO FIND
SOMETHING THAT WAS LOW BUDGET HIGH IMPACT AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEEDED." "IT
FEELS GOOD TO KNOW THAT WE'RE GETTING THE TRASH."
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.