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2000-2002. Most photographs by E.R. Gundlach unless indicated. Contact Info: ErichEti@cs.com Spill conditions: This oil spill on 7 April 2000 offers a case example where marsh restoration was made as part of the response effort to successfully enhance environmental recovery at a marsh heavily contaminated from a pipeline break (126,000–139,000 gallons of Numbers 2 and 6 fuel oils, >46,000 gallons eventually recovered). Marsh operations guided by U.S. EPA included mechanical trenching, limited low-to-moderate pressure flushing, hand recovery using sorbent pads and working from placed boardwalks, and the aerial application of fertilizer (bio-stimulation). Excellent marsh recovery (indicated in photos below) has occurred 1 and 2 years later. Download spill paper: 2003 International Oil Spill Conference. Downloads show greater detail. They are about 500 kilobytes in size and will be larger than screen size. After hitting "download" and bringing up the image, it can be saved to your computer with a right click of your mouse. |
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