A floating turbidity barrier consists of geotextile material (curtain) which floats on the top, weighted on the bottom, and an anchorage system that minimizes the sediment transport from a disturbed area that is adjacent to or within a body of water. The barrier...
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La Guía Más Completa de la Barrera Antiturbidez
Definition Floating turbidity barriers (a.k.a. silt curtains, silt boom, sediment curtain) are a temporary in-water sediment barrier consisting of a continuous geotextile fabric curtain suspended from a flotation device on the water surface and held in a vertical...
Personal trabaja en la contención de hidrocarburos
In this video, you can see how the US Coast Guard, handled an Oil Spill in New Castle. In this news report, you can see the importance of having the proper boom to handle this type of events and the importance to act quickly with the best tools to prevent any...
101 vídeo de Derrame de Hidrocarburo: bloqueando con una barrera
One of the key tools and methods of containing an oil spill is with the use of floating booms. The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) produced a very good video that explains the basics of that method. We encourage responders and...