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Port of Vancouver’s Grattix boxes provided gratis

Invention of two employees provides low-cost, effective, attractive way for businesses to treat stormwater runoff

By Sarah Wolf, Columbian staff writer
Published: January 30, 2023, 6:05am
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Volunteer Harley Fowler, with bucket, pours a layer of rocks into a Grattix box at the Port of Vancouver last week. The boxes will be given for free to some businesses along the Columbia River.
Volunteer Harley Fowler, with bucket, pours a layer of rocks into a Grattix box at the Port of Vancouver last week. The boxes will be given for free to some businesses along the Columbia River. (Photos by Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Photo Gallery

What began as a project to filter stormwater at the Port of Vancouver has evolved into an innovation now being spread to businesses up and down the Columbia River.

A volunteer effort took place last week to create 20 Grattix boxes to be offered for free to businesses along the Columbia from Scappoose, Ore.,

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