CHELSEA TECHNOLOGIES GROUP LTD

Ag Solve, Brazil were called to the scene of an accident involving a large oil tanker on the Bandeirantes Highway, Sao Paulo. The spill of 30,000 litres of diesel oil caused soil & water contamination. Mauro Banderali from Ag Solve used a CTG Uvilux to track the pollutant in the surrounding rivers. "We had already checked the water quality of the river before the accident. The UviLux had reported very low hydrocarbon readings (5-20 units). When we monitored the water after the accident the UviLux registered 60-70 units. We then checked the water quality in a lake that supplies the city, and again the hydrocarbon reading was high." Mauro Banderali and his team continued their survey in the City of Indaiatuba where they found the tap water contained 80 units of hydrocarbons. The Ag Solve team concluded that contamination of the water was high and that further monitoring would be required to better evaluate the environmental damages and best remediation methods.