VENICE, La. - A marsh washer is deployed in Bay Jimmy here Sept. 14, 2010 in order to flush pooled oil trapped on vegetation and soil out of the marsh for disposal. The marsh washer applies a 25 psi water stream no closer than one foot above marsh vegetation. The oily water in turn runs off the marsh and is picked up by skimmers, sorbent boom or other means. The marsh washer is one of many new technologies being employed in cleanup response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Timothy Tamargo.
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