Hydrophix Sponges Are Being Used at Portland Parking Lot to Reduce River Pollution

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When storm-water runoff in parking lots and construction sites generate river pollution, everyone's health suffers.

But a new type of spongy filter, created for large-scale oil- spill remediation, could be the next technology used to prevent harmful hydrocarbons from seeping into the Willamette River from high-pollution areas.

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Hydrophix Sponges Are Being Used at Portland Parking Lot to Reduce River Pollution

The filter is being used in the city for the first time at one of Star Park's 39 Portland-area parking lots, in a pilot program that is expected to last the remainder of the year. Placed under the runoff cat...

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