Hoopes Resevoir
28 September, 2016
- Team Leader
- Richard Miramontez
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 40 lbs (estimated)
39.783445, -75.6272368
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Hoopes Resevoir
- Organization/Dive Centre
- New Castle County Dive Team
- City
- New Castle
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 28 September, 2016
- Survey Duration
- 180 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 39.783445
Longitude: -75.6272368
- Weather Conditions
-
Average high temperature was 77 degrees, low was 57 degrees
- Survey Depth Range
- 20–30 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 10000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- seagrass
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 57 |
| Balls | 29 |
| Baskets, Crates | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) | 3 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 39 |
| Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 13 |
| Cigarette Lighters | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 5 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 3 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 9 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 5 |
| Gloves (latex) | 3 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 1 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 3 |
| Syringes (plastic) | 5 |
| Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 14 |
| Cigarette Filters | 22 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Jars-food (glass) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 11 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 18 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 3 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 11 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 5 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 2 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 8 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 9 |
| Metal Fragments | 16 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 3 |
| Wood Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 3 |
| Cloth Fragments | 5 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (paper) | 7 |
| Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons | 2 |
| Paper-books, Newspaper & Magazines, Etc. | 8 |
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 32 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 3 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 1 |
Additional Information
No
Golf Balls
Metal beverage containers emit toxins into the water as they slowly degrade poisoning the eco system.
Styrofoam cups are a concern because the marine life and other wild life cannot digest which can cause harm and even death.
Plastic food bags can form perfectly to marine life's stomachs. As the food is ingested it goes into the bag and the food is not absorbed by the body. The marine life can die from starvation.
Comments and Feedback
This experience of collecting debris was an eye opener. Now whenever I dive I am aware of my surroundings and I will pick up debris in the immediate area and I encourage my students to do the same.
The visibility in the reservoir was 10 feet which made it difficult to see the bottom. Some of the debris was picked up on the shore preventing it from making it into the reservoir.
