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MeasurIT OilSpy Project River Faughan 0803
MeasurIT OilSpy Project River Faughan 0803
The river also supports a significant brown trout fishery. Some Standard OilSpy is very simple to set up with fixed or
13,000 salmon were recorded entering the system in 1996. floating system, which can automatically follow the
water level variations and does not drift or require
any calibration or adjustment.
The Problem
The River Faughan is designated salmonid under the Membrane response times:
Freshwater Fish Directive and its chemical quality is good Crude oil 2 - 13 min.
to fairly good. Biological quality is highly variable due to Gasoil & domestic fuel oil 2 - 3 min.
intermittent localised pollution. Premium grade petrol 4 sec
Kerosene 26 sec
Chloric solvents 8 - 10 sec
The Solution Acetone 10 sec
In 2000 the DOE (WaterExecutive) NI installed MeasurIT OilSpy New lubricant oil does not dissolve
units on all water intakes to treatment works throughout the Heavy fuel oil Nº2 does not dissolve
Western region. This included the intake at Carmony on the
River Faughan as well. read more at www.measurIT.com / OilSpy
The Result
In 2001 a household oil tank started to leak and traces of the
oil went into the River Faughan.