The Cleanup at 8 Mile
Published 2023-10-05
Parker Diving mustered the crew to go up to 8 Mile Slough on the Sacramento Delta. The project was to change the absorbent boom which is containing oil seepage from a sunken tug while preparations are being made to raise the vessel. A big crane is being considered but the tug is setting on the edge of a 30 foot drop off and some measure of delicacy must be employed as if the tug goes with the crane connected, the crane will go too. . At any rate, until then we need to keep the diesel contained and out of the environment so the perimeter Absorbent boom was replaced along with the boom in and around the wheel house of the tug where most of the diesel seems to be leaking. Special care needed to be taken with the adsorbents from inside the pilot house. Not only did we have to collect the absorbents, we needed to collect the water too and everything was packaged for disposal.
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