{"id":188510,"date":"2024-05-01T20:23:42","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T01:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/company-develops-high-tech-solution-to-prevent-major-waterways-from-getting-polluted-its-way-easier"},"modified":"2024-05-01T20:23:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T01:23:42","slug":"company-develops-high-tech-solution-to-prevent-major-waterways-from-getting-polluted-its-way-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/company-develops-high-tech-solution-to-prevent-major-waterways-from-getting-polluted-its-way-easier","title":{"rendered":"Company develops high-tech solution to prevent major waterways from getting polluted: \u2018It\u2019s way easier\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Fy8SabRK-w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Storm drains can be a causeway of disaster for our oceans and bays, because trash and organic debris can travel through the pipelines, polluting the waterways on the other side.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/miami-based-company-designs-new-way-to-tackle-pollution-in-north-bay-village\/3234776\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">program<\/a> in Florida could serve as a model for other communities in cleaning up the drains and preventing harmful pollution from soiling the environment.<\/p>\n<p>The solution is from Miami-based Stop Ocean Pollution Technologies, or <a href=\"https:\/\/soptechint.com\/our-technology\">SOP<\/a>. They were selected by the <a href=\"https:\/\/soptechint.com\/our-technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">North Bay Village<\/a> to install up to 50 unique drain filters that utilize an \u201cupper flow of water through the screen, which will allow it to continue to flow even as debris is collected,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/miami-based-company-designs-new-way-to-tackle-pollution-in-north-bay-village\/3234776\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to a report from NBC6 South Florida, the network\u2019s local affiliate. Keeping the drains clear can also prevent flooding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Storm drains can be a causeway of disaster for our oceans and bays, because trash and organic debris can travel through the pipelines, polluting the waterways on the other side. Fortunately, a program in Florida could serve as a model for other communities in cleaning up the drains and preventing harmful pollution from soiling the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188510\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}