Location
Portland State University
Start Date
4-11-2015 9:45 AM
End Date
4-11-2015 11:45 AM
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/26364
Description
Water in streets causes several issues, both to our infrastructure and our emotions. The water can harm property by rotting wooden structures. If the water is high enough, it can even stall cars and flood into buildings.
Being forced to walk through or around a puddle can hurt someone's emotional state, which reduces productivity and this affect people around them.
It costs about 30 dollars to clean a drain, and there are about 15 thousand drains, which totals to to around$450,000 and if you add in other costs such as employees and street sweeping for a cleaning company it costs around 3.8 million a year.
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Cleaner Drain
Portland State University
Water in streets causes several issues, both to our infrastructure and our emotions. The water can harm property by rotting wooden structures. If the water is high enough, it can even stall cars and flood into buildings.
Being forced to walk through or around a puddle can hurt someone's emotional state, which reduces productivity and this affect people around them.
It costs about 30 dollars to clean a drain, and there are about 15 thousand drains, which totals to to around$450,000 and if you add in other costs such as employees and street sweeping for a cleaning company it costs around 3.8 million a year.
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Mentors: Justin Ramirez, Brad Scardino
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