| 6.1 Practicality
and Affordability |
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This
ballast water treatment system is focused on treating
the huge amounts of ballast water discharged into US harbors.
It has the capacity to readily treat these huge quantities
using standard marine components. For tankers that already
have the major components on board, it would be very affordable.
And for tankers with the AUPS spill containment, the added
cost would be even less expensive.
Also, it appears (although not tested)
that this system may be adequately effective in treating
sediments. Ballast Water Exchange leaves sediment and
other residue untreated. In fact, only the filtration
concept treats sediment, by eliminating it. |
| 7. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
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| We thank Tommy O'Brien,
Vince Allan, and Ed Kisfaludy for many hours of collecting
and testing different animals. |
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