(Video/Article) Technology developed by the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy is turning up in an unusual place—Orange Beach. Through the use of UV light, researchers are able to detect hydrocarbons and petroleum products that may not be easily visible by the naked eye—petroleum products show up “orange” under UV light. “We were surprised we did not see hardly any orange on the beach at the beach access where [BP cleanup crews] had cleaned,” said city environmental engineer, Kit Alexander. “We think it’s a really good tool its just one more thing to make sure that we have or they have done a good job cleaning up and restoring the beach.” Find out more at the link below.

(Video/Article) Technology developed by the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy is turning up in an unusual place—Orange Beach. Through the use of UV light, researchers are able to detect hydrocarbons and petroleum products that may not be easily visible by the naked eye—petroleum products show up “orange” under UV light. “We were surprised we did not see hardly any orange on the beach at the beach access where [BP cleanup crews] had cleaned,” said city environmental engineer, Kit Alexander. “We think it’s a really good tool its just one more thing to make sure that we have or they have done a good job cleaning up and restoring the beach.” Find out more at the link below.



Spotlight on Beached Oil
The city of Orange Beach has a new high tech tool that will help insure the beaches are indeed "oil-free" when BP gets through with their "deep clean".