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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

WZT

3 May, 2024

Team Leader
Martin Splitt
Number of Participants
2
Total Debris Collected
0.9 kgs (measured)

47.345961359816, 8.5634740335649

Survey Information

Location Name
WZT
Organization/Dive Centre
TSK
City
Zurich
Country
Switzerland
Date
3 May, 2024
Survey Duration
25 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 47.345961359816
Longitude: 8.5634740335649
Weather Conditions
Sunny, warm days followed by rain and wind.
Survey Depth Range
3–12 meters
Area Surveyed
1839.15 m2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
Freshwater lake
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 5
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 3
Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 5
Fishing: Line 3
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 6
Foam Insulation & Packaging 2
Plastic Fragments 6
Cigarette Filters 3
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 2
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 1

The sunny days probably drew people to the lake side

PET bottles because they will enter the river eventually

Fishing hooks and line as fish and divers can get entangled

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