The majority of these droplets were collected by sorbent materials in the plants clarifiers and weirs. On Monday, November 2, Tim Gladden reported a light sheen of unrecoverable oil was observed in the area of the Skagway wastewater treatment plant outfall. Some dark oil was found to still be entering the wastewater treatment plant as droplets and sheen. Sorbent pads placed on the weirs and sorbent booms placed in the plants clarifiers, were collecting the thicker oil. A very light, unrecoverable sheen was observed in the general area of the wastewater treatment plant outfall.
Minor discharges continue.
Flushing the system, all 24 blocks of it, should remove any pockets or residual oil in the system, thereby greatly reducing the time period that droplets of oil will continue to surface in the wastewater treatment plant. SART continues to monitor the situation jointly with USCG Marine Safety Office Juneau until droplets of oil stop surfacing in the treatment plant and no further sheens are observed in the area of the treatment plants outfall.