Patent ID: 7699982

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a vessel including an opening, wherein when the opening is facing a bottom of a body of water and the vessel is in direct physical contact with the bottom of the body of water, the vessel has been configured to contain and suspend materials inside the vessel, wherein contaminated materials from the contained and suspended materials inside the vessel are essentially quantitatively removed or essentially quantitatively converted to non-toxic or harmless chemical derivatives, wherein the vessel comprises an agitating device being configured to suspend the suspended materials and being selected from the group consisting of a paddle, an auger, a spray head, a whip, a prop, and a fluid distribution device; a first pipe coupled to the vessel and configured to transport the contained and suspended materials from an interior of the vessel to an exterior of the vessel, wherein the first pipe includes an attachment selected from the group consisting of a filtering system and a drill head or auger.