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Posted by
Steve Rice (Olympia, United States) on 25 July 2019 in Cityscape & Urban.

You may remember this image of the cleanup operation following a transformer oil spill. That shot was from Marathon Park on Capitol Lake. I was surprised to see this the other day when going to walk the trail around the lake. It's part of that same cleanup operation. Divers are using hoses attached to pumps to dredge the silt on the lake bottom all around the edges of the lake where the oil had fouled the plant life. The contaminated silt is pumped into the series of green tanks, with the yellow railings, to settle out of the water and be hauled away.

So, that one seemingly small spill has had big ramifications in terms of cleanup and the lake's health.

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Devi from Chennai, India

thank you for the explanation..
A very nice image :)

25 Jul 2019 5:31am

Jypyä Pop from Turku, Finland

A small amount of oil is enough to spoil water work over a large area.

25 Jul 2019 5:48am

By Marie from Entre montagnes et Bretagne, France

Thank you for your note Steven and interesting idea
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25 Jul 2019 5:59am

Pascale MD from Occitanie, France

Heureusement tu donnes des explication, donc, c'est pour aller vers du meilleur.
Bonne journée Steve

25 Jul 2019 6:09am

jpla from St Barthélémy, France

ça ne peut qu'être mieux
JP

25 Jul 2019 6:15am

Ralf Kesper from Fröndenberg, Germany

Well made documentation.

25 Jul 2019 6:20am

Mhelene from Villiers-sur-Marne, France

Great documentary of the big cleaning operation .

25 Jul 2019 6:23am

omid from mashhad, Iran

Amazing!

25 Jul 2019 7:39am

Shaun from Massachusetts, United States

A huge task cleaning this area. Great image Steve.

25 Jul 2019 9:11am

Hiro from Kyoto, Japan

hard work...

25 Jul 2019 9:41am

Rose from United States

What a job that must be.

25 Jul 2019 11:35am

Steven from Chicagoland, United States

An eye-opener as to the process involved when a spill occurs! Great documentary shot!

25 Jul 2019 12:05pm

vrinda from mangalore,Karnataka, India

Well documented

25 Jul 2019 1:05pm

Ruthiebear from Titusville, NJ, United States

A disturbing documentary shot. It is a bigger issue than imagined.

25 Jul 2019 2:44pm

Nicou from Sion, Switzerland

Quel ensemble ces gros camions quelle vue
amitié

25 Jul 2019 3:28pm

Existence Artistique from Angers, France

intéressant

25 Jul 2019 7:07pm

Elaine Hancock from Olney, United States

That looks like a huge operation. It certainly created a huge mess. And I am sure that a lot of animals and fish were affected.

25 Jul 2019 9:26pm

B. Thomas from Arlington, Texas, United States

At least there is an effort to clean it up, but it will probably not be the same for years to come.

26 Jul 2019 12:46am

Diana from Olympia, United States

A mess to clean up a mess

29 Jul 2019 4:57am