Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Aurora Reservoir Scuba Area
27 October, 2012
- Team Leader
- Mark Wolff
- Number of Participants
- 8
- Total Debris Collected
- 5 lbs (estimated)
39.617979, -104.653659
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Aurora Reservoir Scuba Area
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Shark Bait Dive Club and Underwater Phantaseas - Lakewood
- City
- Aurora
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 27 October, 2012
- Survey Duration
- 30 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 39.617979
Longitude: -104.653659
- Weather Conditions
-
Clear the day of the dive, snow still on the ground from 2 days prior
- Survey Depth Range
- 15–30 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 150 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- fresh water lake
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 10 |
| Balloons | 5 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 5 |
| Buoys & Floats (plastic & Foamed) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 24 |
| Cigar Tips | 12 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 15 |
| Plastic Fragments | 11 |
| Cigarette Filters | 25 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 5 |
| Pull Tabs-beverages | 30 |
| Wrappers (foil/metal) | 3 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Gloves (rubber) | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 1 |
