Sharraxaadda
I routinely walk home from work in Downtown DC, and my regular route takes me over Memorial Bridge. Every time I cross, I see two large pieces of trash--one a truck bumper, from the looks of it, and the other (ironically?) a big ol' garbage can--just off the bank, and after two years am fed up. It's an itch I can't scratch. It's a blemish I can't quite reach. At this point I'd settle for borrowing some waders from the National Park Service and fishing them out myself. N.B. the attached image shows only the garbage can; the bumper is a few feet away.
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mwander (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)
You might want to contact DC Water to pick these out of the river with their skimmer boat. DC Water operates skimmer boats for this purpose:
http://www.dcwasa.com/education/cleaning_our_waterways.cfm
Call: 202-787-2000 (M-F 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
Email: info@dcwater.com
Twitter: @mydcwater
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TIm (Martida)
Unfortunately, yes. The pieces are close enough to the bank that a boat may not be able to reach them, but they're impossible to miss. In fact, on days when the water's especially low, they're almost totally exposed; they appear to be embedded in the mud about an inch or two.
Attached is a Google Map of the location. They're really impossible not to see from the GW trail.
La xidhay Tim (Martida)