Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Occoquan River
7 June, 2014
- Team Leader
- Jeff Currer
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 12.5 lbs (measured)
38.6828, -77.2608
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Occoquan River
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Patriot Scuba
- City
- Occoquan
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 7 June, 2014
- Survey Duration
- 90 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 38.6828
Longitude: -77.2608
- Weather Conditions
-
Cloudy, daytime average temp 81 degrees
- Survey Depth Range
- 10–20 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 2000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- River
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 2 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 5 |
| Metal Fragments | 20 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 5 |
Additional Information
Corrugated Pipe with cap
Fuel tank that we were unable to bring up
Metal construction debris that will require machinery or large lift bags to bring up
Items that get washed in the river during floods
