Three days after the Houston Ship Channel oil spill, environmental clean up crews are still working to recover the remaining fuel.
15,000 feet of containment boom, 25 boats, nearly 200 people, four vacuum tanks, and even one helicopter are being used to locate and suck up the remaining fuel.
Still, environmental activists are concerned.
"We really have to think about the long-term impact. I mean, this is the Houston Ship Channel which flows down into Galveston Bay," said environmental activist Matthew Tajada.
"A lot of those people who live in the Manchester area still go fishing here, but the other serious thing is that the water is going to flow towards their community, and it is definitely going to have an impact," said environmental activist Juan Parras.
The Ship Channel is 52 miles long. The spill shut down the three mile section of the Ship Channel west of the 610 bridge. The section in question fully reopened to daylight ship traffic Monday at 12:45 P.M. Night traffic is open, but to barge traffic only until the clean up is complete. All shipping traffic will be limited to very slow speeds as the clean up continues.
By early Monday afternoon, more than 23,000 gallons of oil and water had been removed by clean up crews.
The water may be getting cleaned, but activists worry about the air that residents of the Manchester neighborhood are breathing during the environmental incident.
"Right now because it's so extremely hot, anything that is on the top surface is evaporating into the air," said Parras.
All of the remaining oil has been contained along the edge of the Ship Channel with the use of containment booms.
15,000 feet of containment boom, 25 boats, nearly 200 people, four vacuum tanks, and even one helicopter are being used to locate and suck up the remaining fuel.
Still, environmental activists are concerned.
"We really have to think about the long-term impact. I mean, this is the Houston Ship Channel which flows down into Galveston Bay," said environmental activist Matthew Tajada.
"A lot of those people who live in the Manchester area still go fishing here, but the other serious thing is that the water is going to flow towards their community, and it is definitely going to have an impact," said environmental activist Juan Parras.
The Ship Channel is 52 miles long. The spill shut down the three mile section of the Ship Channel west of the 610 bridge. The section in question fully reopened to daylight ship traffic Monday at 12:45 P.M. Night traffic is open, but to barge traffic only until the clean up is complete. All shipping traffic will be limited to very slow speeds as the clean up continues.
By early Monday afternoon, more than 23,000 gallons of oil and water had been removed by clean up crews.
The water may be getting cleaned, but activists worry about the air that residents of the Manchester neighborhood are breathing during the environmental incident.
"Right now because it's so extremely hot, anything that is on the top surface is evaporating into the air," said Parras.
All of the remaining oil has been contained along the edge of the Ship Channel with the use of containment booms.
