12/07/2010 09:53 AM
Oil-absorbent fencing is being installed in the next phase of the battle to resolve the disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Pearl River Island in St Tammany Parish, Louisiana will see some 9,000 feet of oil-absorbent fencing installed this week, according to nola.com.
The fencing is the first barrier system to be trialled in Louisiana, and this forms part of a larger trial fencing project in the area.
The oil-absorbent fencing works by letting water pass through but not oil, trapping it.
The barrier will protect wildlife, as well as sensitive ecosystems around Pearl River Island, reports the news provider.
Suzanne Parsons-Stymiest, spokesperson for the Slidell Mini Command, which covers St Tammany, Orleans and parts of St Bernard, plans to request 40,000 to 50,000 feet of fencing if the security fencing trial proves successful.
Fencing has been piloted across many sites in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon spill, with Sea Rim State Park in Texas and Ocean Springs in Mississippi also trialling the fencing.
Pearl River Island in St Tammany Parish, Louisiana will see some 9,000 feet of oil-absorbent fencing installed this week, according to nola.com.
The fencing is the first barrier system to be trialled in Louisiana, and this forms part of a larger trial fencing project in the area.
The oil-absorbent fencing works by letting water pass through but not oil, trapping it.
The barrier will protect wildlife, as well as sensitive ecosystems around Pearl River Island, reports the news provider.
Suzanne Parsons-Stymiest, spokesperson for the Slidell Mini Command, which covers St Tammany, Orleans and parts of St Bernard, plans to request 40,000 to 50,000 feet of fencing if the security fencing trial proves successful.
Fencing has been piloted across many sites in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon spill, with Sea Rim State Park in Texas and Ocean Springs in Mississippi also trialling the fencing.
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