BP’s Operation Deep Clean—Could Dilution be the Solution to Beach Pollution?

2011 ◽  
Vol 45 (10) ◽  
pp. 4201-4202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel S. Hayworth ◽  
T. Prabhakar Clement
Keyword(s):  
Beach Pollution

Pneumatic Barrier and Beach Pollution

1972 ◽  
Vol 98 (2) ◽  
pp. 379-396
Author(s):  
Martin S. Hertzendorf ◽  
Joseph V. Fiore ◽  
Herbert E. Klei ◽  
I. J. Kopelman
Keyword(s):  
Beach Pollution

BEACH CLEANING TESTS IN THE NETHERLANDS AT HOOK OF HOLLAND, SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1980

1983 ◽  
Vol 1983 (1) ◽  
pp. 273-277
Author(s):  
A. van Eden
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Oil Pollution ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Other Substances ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Treatment And Disposal ◽  
Beach Pollution

ABSTRACT In 1978, the Dutch Minister of Transport and Public Works set up a national working group to look into the question of heavy oil pollution of the Dutch coast. This working group was given the task of selecting, from the wide range available, those methods for cleanup, treatment, and disposal of oil pollution which would be best suited for use in the Netherlands and give the best results in combating coastal oil pollution. At the same time, it was to draw up a contingency plan and inventory the facilities available. Experiments to determine the best method of combating beach pollution caused by oil spills were undertaken with the following objectives in mind:Testing of preventive measures to limit beach pollution, such as herders, straw bales, sand embankments, and plastic linersTesting of various methods of removing oil (mousse) from the beachTesting of various methods for the final cleaning of a beach from which oil has been removed by dispersants, demulsifiers, etc.Testing of various preliminary treatments enabling better and more efficient transport of oil and making it more suitable for further processing. Mousse-breaking additives and other substances were tested thoroughly in this respect.1Testing of various methods for dealing with the collected oil, such as incineration in suitable installations The experience gained from the tests and the results achieved were evaluated and substantial conclusions drawn. The working group now is in a position to give useful advice to the various coastal municipalities so that they will be able to combat coastal oil pollution more efficiently. This has been done.

scholarly journals How many pellets are too many? The pellet pollution index as a tool to assess beach pollution by plastic resin pellets in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerson Fernandino ◽  
Carla Isobel Elliff ◽  
Iracema Reimão Silva ◽  
Abílio C.S.P. Bittencourt
Keyword(s):  
Pollution Index ◽  
Marine Environments ◽  
Marine Litter ◽  
Pollution Levels ◽  
Anthropogenic Component ◽  
Low Degree ◽  
Plastic Resin ◽  
Beach Pollution ◽  
Plastic Pellets

Plastic pellets are significant components of marine litter and can be found floating in the sea or stranded on beaches. How- ever, current assessments of this issue lack standardization to allow comparisons of pellet pollution levels between different locations. Thus, the present study proposes the Pellet Pollution Index (PPI) to classify beaches based on the amount of pellets found in a given area of superficial sand. Pellets were sampled from 24 sites (P01 – P24) along the municipality of Salvador, Brazil, within a quadrat of 1 x 1 x 0.05m on the strandline and backshore. Twenty-two sites were located along the oceanic coastline, while the remaining 2 sites were within the Todos os Santos Bay. Results showed that, considering the coastline of Salvador as a whole, the PPI indicated a very low degree of pollution. This approach should aid future attempts of locating and removing the plastic anthropogenic component of the sediment on beaches and in marine environments.

scholarly journals Forum on Conservation

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 228
Author(s):  
Harry F. Recher
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Front Page ◽  
First Year ◽  
Media Report ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
The Media ◽  
The University ◽  
Beach Pollution

When Malcolm Jones and I taught first year students in Resource Management at the University of New England early in the 1990s, we set a major project based on an analysis of media coverage of environmental issues. I particularly remember a report on water pollution on Sydney?s beaches. Using column inches, size of headlines, location in the newspapers, and frequency of reporting, the report showed with considerable statistical certainty that Sydney?s ocean waters were pristine prior to the start of the swimming season (no or few reports in the papers), became increasingly polluted as summer progressed (more column inches, bigger headlines), reached its highest levels at the height of summer (front page coverage) and then returned to purity as the summer waned and people returned to work and school (no or few reports in the papers). Total nonsense of course. In those days, before the deep water outfalls, beach pollution was a year round problem for Sydney, but the media reported the pollution only in summer when the maximum number of people were likely to be at the beaches and therefore interested in beach conditions and more likely to buy papers highlighting water quality issues. The media report events, whether they are politics, conflict, carnage, sex or the environment, which sell newspapers or attract viewers and listeners to television and radio. Our term project at UNE was designed not only as an exercise in data gathering, analysis and reporting, but was part of our programme of producing media savvy graduates.

scholarly journals A survey of beach pollution at a seaside resort

1954 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Local Authority ◽  
Simple Technique ◽  
Sea Water ◽  
Sampling Point ◽  
Local Charge ◽  
Seaside Resort ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Beach Pollution ◽  
Complex Methods ◽  
Good Agreement

Bacteriological surveys of beach pollution were made at a seaside resort before and after the installation of a new sewer outfall.The presumptive coliform count on samples of sea water was found to be a satisfactory index of contamination, and showed good agreement with sanitary survey and with the results of float-test observations. The faecal coli count was in general constantly related to the results of the presumptive test, but there was some indication that coliform bacilli of the I.A.C. groups persisted or multiplied in the sand around the outfall.The degree of contamination of the sea water at a given sampling point was shown to depend not only on its distance from the outfall but on various meteorological and tidal factors.For bacteriological surveys of beach pollution, it is suggested that a large series of tests by a relatively simple technique is preferable to a more limited investigation by more complex methods.The possibility of laying down bacteriological standards for bathing beaches is discussed. An upper permitted limit of the order of 1000 coliform organisms per 100 ml. would discriminate between areas on the beach investigated which were unsatisfactory by sanitary survey before and after the installation of the new sewerage scheme, and those parts of the beach which were apparently not subject to serious pollution with sewage.I am greatly indebted to Lt.-Col. J. M. Linton Bogle, consulting engineer responsible for the sewerage scheme described, for his interest in and practical help with this investigation; to members of the staff of the local authority concerned for help with sampling, and to Dr A. F. Ollerenshaw and Mr A. Partridge, who were in local charge of the temporary laboratory where the presumptive tests were carried out, in 1950 and 1948 respectively.

scholarly journals How many pellets are too many? The pellet pollution index as a tool to assess beach pollution by plastic resin pellets in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 325-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerson Fernandino ◽  
Carla I. Elliff ◽  
Iracema R. Silva ◽  
Abílio C.S.P. Bittencourt
Keyword(s):  
Pollution Index ◽  
Plastic Resin ◽  
Beach Pollution
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