Freshwater oil spill remediation study at the IISD-experimental lakes area: (The FOReSt Project)

IISD 实验湖区淡水溢油修复研究：（FOReSt 项目）

• 批准号: 532225-2018
• 负责人: Tomy, Gregg
• 金额: $ 58.68万
• 依托单位: University of Manitoba
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=698199
• 关键词: Freshwater; oil; spill; remediation; study

Environmental impacts of oil spills are a major concern for the Canadian public. Regulators and the scientific community are also uncertain which methods are best to employ when cleaning up oil spills in different environments. Improving effectiveness of clean-up procedures under realistic field situations is required to address these significant knowledge gaps. The collaborative research being proposed here will be conducted by researchers from the Universities of Manitoba, Calgary, McGill, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique and the International Institute for Sustainable Development-Experimental Lakes Area (IISD-ELA). It will consist of a large multi-phased project to examine the fate and behaviour of spilled oil, and to compare spill clean-up methods in a freshwater environment. The project includes participation from industry, government, First Nations and community groups, and will quantify impacts (i.e., ecological, social and economic value from lost ecosystem services) of oil spilled into freshwater environments. Examining effectiveness, and impacts, of current oil spill clean-up methods in freshwater systems is a key component of the project. Many current strategies for removing spilled oil focus on mechanical removal; however, this can be ecologically damaging and economically costly. The goal of the proposed project is to determine relative effectiveness of physical, chemical and biological oil spill clean-up methods in different shoreline environments. Small-scale model oil spills will be used to examine the ability of different cleanup methods to remove residual oil and maintain ecosystem function in enclosed regions of a natural boreal lake. The work to be conducted in Year 1 will serve as a pilot experiment which aims to determine the oil product to be tested in the full-scale field study in Year 2. Ecological recovery of the affected areas, together with social and economic impacts of incorporating different remediation approaches for responding to spills will be quantified through monitoring the contained environments in Year 3 and 4. Optimizing remediation strategies applied to oil spills will benefit Canadians by significantly improving response efficiencies and restoring ecosystem services more quickly.

泄漏的环境影响是加拿大公众的主要关注点。监管机构和科学 社区还不确定在清理不同的漏油时最好采用哪种方法 环境。在现实的现场情况下，需要提高清理程序的有效性 解决这些重要的知识差距。这里提出的协作研究将由 曼尼托巴省，卡尔加里，麦吉尔大学的研究人员 以及国际可持续发展实验湖区（IISD-ELA）。会 由一个大型多型项目组成，用于检查溢出油的命运和行为，并比较溢出物 在淡水环境中清理方法。该项目包括来自行业，政府， 原住民和社区团体，并将量化影响（即生态，社会和经济价值 从丢失的石油生态系统服务中洒到淡水环境中。检查有效性，并且 淡水系统中当前的漏油清理方法的影响是该项目的关键组成部分。许多 当前去除溢油的策略专注于机械去除；但是，这可以在生态上是 破坏性和经济昂贵。拟议项目的目的是确定 在不同海岸线环境中的物理，化学和生物油泄漏清理方法。小规模 漏油模型将用于检查不同清洁方法去除残留油和的能力 在天然北方湖的封闭区域保持生态系统功能。这项工作将在第一年进行 将作为试点实验，旨在确定在全尺度现场研究中进行测试的石油产品 在第二年。影响地区的生态恢复以及社会和经济影响 将不同的补救方法纳入响应溢出物将通过监视量化 第3年和4年的包含环境。适用于漏油的优化补救策略将受益 加拿大人通过显着提高响应效率并更快地恢复生态系统服务。