This informative training video focuses on the ecological impact of oil spills on land and along the shoreline.
Topics covered include:
~ The ecological impact of oil spills on land and along the shoreline
~ Contingency plans
~ Control activities and spill countermeasures: low and high pressure washing, sand blasting, soil washing, physical removal, mechanical removal, vacuum pumping, use of sorbents, degradation and bioremediation.
~ Potential impact of treatment methods
~ Safety precautions
~ How land spills behave
~ Preparing for an approaching spill
~ How intrusive clean-up methods can delay natural recovery
~ The special problems of shoreline clean-up.
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