Earth Day with the Stream Team 🌎🐾

Every wrapper, bottle, and mystery item they find in the creek tells a story—
and most of those stories started upstream.

Happy Earth Day from Brooke & Bandit 🌱
Case closed (for today).

#EarthDay #StreamTeam #CleanWater #Stormwater #KeepItClean

A quick look back at a great project in Babylon Village 👏

Back in 2021, a litter trap was installed to help stop debris before it could reach the Great South Bay—a simple idea with a lasting impact.

#CleanWater #Stormwater #LitterPrevention #Sustainability #ProtectOurWaterways

Clean water starts with education.

Across the country, high schools and colleges are using the Bandalong Bandit as a hands-on tool for environmental research. Students aren’t just learning about pollution — they’re tracking it, collecting it, and studying it in real time.

Upstream products and solutions, for downstream results.
Small waterways carry a big problem.
The Bandalong Bandit is designed for these tighter spaces, capturing floating debris before it moves downstream into larger rivers and lakes.

Real results don’t start downstream — they start upstream.

Microplastics are now a national priority—and for good reason.

We’ve always known the risk. Once plastic breaks down, it’s much harder to remove.

That’s why we focus upstream—capturing debris before it becomes something worse.

Upstream solutions. Downstream results.

Not all trash floats down a river.
A lot of it comes straight out of pipes, channels, and canals during storm events.

That’s where StormX Netting comes in.

Simple. Effective. Built for real stormwater conditions.

Because clean water doesn’t happen by accident — it happens by design.

The goal is simple: clean water that everyone can enjoy.

Clean water isn’t just about rivers and streams. It’s about communities, wildlife, cities, and the future.

Clean water is something we all share, and it’s something worth protecting together.

Storm Water Systems is proud to be part of the International Trash Trap Network and contribute to global trash interception efforts.

• 202,678 lbs of trash collected
• 2,476,531 macrodebris items removed
• 96,582 microdebris pieces collected
• 221 trash trap devices

A picture says it all.

Captured today in Fort Worth, Texas, this Bandalong Litter Trap is doing exactly what it was designed to do—collecting floating trash before it can move farther downstream.

@Keep Fort Worth Beautiful
@City of Fort Worth Environmental Services Department

Last Thursday, we joined partners in Tucson, Arizona to celebrate the ribbon cutting for two new Bandalong Bandit litter traps helping protect the Santa Cruz River.

Read the full story here:
www.stormwatersystems.com/articles/new...

We’re headed to Atlantic City for the Sustainability & Innovation Matter Conference hosted by the New Jersey Clean Communities Council and the Association of New Jersey Recyclers at Caesars Atlantic City.

Join us next week at the Keep America Beautiful Summit in New Orleans!

Storm Water Systems will be exhibiting and sharing how our Bandalong Litter Trap, Bandalong Bandit, and StormX solutions are helping communities catch litter upstream before it reaches our oceans.

See you in New Orleans.

Trash doesn’t start in rivers.
It starts upstream.
Every bottle, wrapper, and cup we intercept with a Bandalong system represents litter that didn’t make it to a lake, bay, or ocean.
Cleaner waterways don’t happen by accident — they happen by design.
Learn more about how:
🌊 www.stormwatersystems.com

Storm Water Systems Newsletter — February 2026 From new installations across the Southwest and Southeast to conference conversations shaping the future of stormwater, the start of 2026 has been busy—in the best way. Here’s what we’ve been up to.

New installs. New partnerships. A strong start to 2026.

Read the full February newsletter:
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Big week in Tucson! We installed two Bandalong Bandits to help stop floating litter in the Santa Cruz River before it moves downstream.

Huge thanks to the partners who made this happen: Cox Media, Sonoran Institute, and Dr. Luke.
Real collaboration. Real impact. One river at a time.

Happy New Year!

New year. Same mission.
Cleaner waterways start upstream—and continue one installation at a time.

A Year of Cleaner Waterways A Year of Cleaner Waterways

As we head toward the end of the year, we’re taking a moment to look back at the work done across our waterways.

We’ve shared a short year-in-review newsletter highlighting installations, collaborations, education efforts, and what’s ahead.

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We’ve seen a lot of unexpected things pass through our litter traps over the years—but this might be the most surprising one yet. 🎅

From everyday debris to holiday visitors, our traps are still hard at work protecting waterways everywhere.
Have a wonderful holiday from Storm Water Systems.

Our team may take a holiday. Our traps don’t.
Bandalong and StormX systems work 24/7, even during the holidays, keeping litter out of rivers and streams when runoff still happens.

As we wrap up 2025, we want to say thank you to the partners who worked alongside us to protect waterways across the country.

From riverkeepers and conservation groups to municipalities, universities, engineers, and volunteers—real impact only happens through collaboration.

The Bandalong Bandit fits where bigger traps can’t—keeping trash from slipping through small creeks and tributaries. It’s lightweight, durable, and makes a real difference upstream.

Small trap. Big impact.

Happy Thanksgiving from Storm Water Systems!

Today we’re grateful for the communities, partners, and riverkeepers across the country who work every day to protect our waterways.

Wishing you a safe and restful holiday with the people you love. 🍁🦃💧

The Bandalong Litter Trap pictured here was installed on March 25, 2008. As of today, it has been working for more than 154,000 hours—quietly capturing floating trash and protecting the Anacostia River. Huge thanks to Anacostia Riverkeeper for keeping this early trap running strong.

Back in the office after an incredible week in Delaware for the Mid-Atlantic Marine Debris Summit. We met so many dedicated people working hard to protect waterways across the region, and we’re grateful for every conversation and connection.

Meet Detective Brooke the river otter and Bandit the raccoon Riverkeeper—partners on a mission to stop litter before it reaches our oceans.
Read here: www.stormwatersystems.com/bandalong-ch...

Follow along as Brooke and Bandit solve real-world waterway mysteries—one clean stream at a time.

We’re proud to see the Bandalong Litter Trap featured in the latest RiverChat magazine by Chattahoochee Riverkeeper!

Read the full feature in RiverChat, Page 8, here: chattahoochee.org/publications...

Microplastics and nanoplastics are no longer just an environmental issue—they’re a public health concern. Recent studies have found plastic particles in bottled water, human tissue, and even major organs.

Read the full article → www.stormwatersystems.com/articles/pla...

Big upgrade in Henrico County, VA!
Our new Bandalong Bandit Litter Trap replaces a tricky boom setup that let debris slip into the neighborhood pond. Now, cleanup is easier—and the water stays cleaner.

#CleanWaterways #HenricoCounty #BandalongBandit #StormWaterSystems #LitterTrap #Sustainability

Did you know?
Bandalong Litter Traps are designed to work with nature—not against it. Each trap floats on the surface, rising and falling with the water level to allow fish and aquatic life to move freely underneath.

Plastic makes up nearly 39% of all litter found in our waterways and roadways. Once it enters a stream, it breaks down into microplastics that threaten fish, birds, and other wildlife. Our Bandalong and StormX Litter Traps capture trash upstream—preventing it from traveling downstream.