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Photo Gallery: Oil Spill Cleanup
May 2008
Phase 1 of the USAID/Lebanon Oil Spill Cleanup from 29 September 2006, to 15 December 2006 primarily collected oil contaminated debris off a 37 mile section of the Lebanese coastline and performed final polishing at areas of high economic importance such as Byblos Marina.
Phase 2 involves the cleaning of areas not completed under Phase 1 plus the cleaning of new areas that were found after Phase 1 was completed.
Heavy oil contamination in Bouar
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Manual recovery preparing for high pressure jet washing machine in Tabarja
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| Lebanese workers removing thick pieces of tar by hand, a labor intensive process in preparation for final cleaning of the coast by high pressure water jetting machines. |
(In Tabarja) Water jetting machines which can produce up to 30,000 pound per square inch of water pressure, blast away remaining tar embedded in the rocks which cannot be removed by hand. |
(Tabarja) Concentrated pools of tar in pockets are manually removed. |
(Tabarja) The pocket after removal of loose tar by hand. |
(Tabarja) A worker changing old snares with new one. Oil absorbent materials such as snare are place along the coastline to capture oil released by the watering jetting operation. |
January 2007
Anfeh Trench Before
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Anfeh Trench Before
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| Located over 40 miles north of Beirut and almost 10 miles south of Tripoli, the peninsula of Anfeh
is home to the Citadel of Anfeh, also known as "Raas Anfeh," which dates back to the Crusaders
of the 12th Century. The citadel is characterized by a rock-cut trench that was built for the eastside
defense of the structure. USAID removed up to two feet of oil from the trench. |
Gravel Beach South Before
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Gravel Beach South After
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Adjacent to Byblos, this gravel beach was heavily polluted with oil from one foot to over two feet
thick throughout the entire beach covering an area of almost an acre. The oil layer had
penetrated deep into gravel and tar mats existed below the surface. The beach was also
contaminated with large amounts of oiled debris and spotted oil. USAID removed 1,696 bags of
oiled debris at this site. |
Byblos Fort Wall Before
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Byblos Fort Wall After
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Byblos Quay Walls Before
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Byblos Quay Walls After
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Byblos Quay Walls Before
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Byblos Quay Walls After
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Around 37 km north of Beirut, the port at Byblos is one of the oldest continuously inhabited ports
in the world dating back 7,000 years to early Phoenician civilization. In the Quay wall area of the
Port, USAID washed and painted 100 fishing boats, as well as supplied them with new ropes and rigging. Approximately 2,100 bags of oiled waste were removed from the Byblos area. A low
pressure, hot water powerwash was used in addition to a special oil release agent to clean some
of the structures. |
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