Swanson Creek Oil Spill Photographs

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.

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