A removable containment boom anchor includes: an anchor support having a flexible body fabricated of at least one resilient material, and a containment boom connector fastened to the anchor support. The flexible body has a base and a tab extending from the base. The flexible body encapsulates a plurality of permanent magnets.

A waste management system for plastic or other material floating on the surface and in the subsurface of a body of water. A shredding device will reduce the size of the particles of waste. Ocean water is removed by a drying device. The dried waste material is frozen to a temperature at or below minus fifty degrees Fahrenheit, using liquid nitrogen or other suitable means. The frozen waste material is then pulverized and ground into a powder. The powder may then be sprayed into a gas-filled chamber and heated. Temperature, pressure and humidity are maintained within the chamber for more than one minute. Microwave or other radiation and catalysts may be used to enhance the process of extraction. The processed material is then removed from the chamber. Carbon may be recycled or used as fuel by the ship. Water may be used by the ship or returned to the ocean.

A waste management system for plastic or other material floating on the surface and in the subsurface of a body of water. A shredding device will reduce the size of the particles of waste. Ocean water is removed by a drying device. The dried waste material is frozen to a temperature at or below minus fifty degrees Fahrenheit, using liquid nitrogen or other suitable means. The frozen waste material is then pulverized and ground into a powder. The powder may then be sprayed into a gas-filled chamber and heated. Temperature, pressure and humidity are maintained within the chamber for more than one minute. Microwave or other radiation and catalysts may be used to enhance the process of extraction. The processed material is then removed from the chamber. Carbon may be recycled or used as fuel by the ship. Water may be used by the ship or returned to the ocean.

The present invention provides an apparatus for removing oil or other pollutants from the surface of water and an improved method of removing oil or other pollutants from the surface of a body of water, comprising a platform having a left side wall, a right side wall, a rear wall, a front opening, a floor, and a bottom, one or more ballasts which adjust the platform floor relative to a level of oil on the water surface, wherein the oil flows from the front opening across the floor to the rear wall, a rear location near the rear wall to collect the oil from the platform floor; and a pump connected to the rear location that removes the oil from the rear location to a storage area which does not affect the ballast of the platform. The skimmer vessel can work stationary in the water, and does not require a propellor means, as the oil will continue to flow into the skimmer as the oil is pumped out of the rear by the gravity flow to the rear of the vessel.

The present invention provides an apparatus for removing oil or other pollutants from the surface of water and an improved method of removing oil or other pollutants from the surface of a body of water, comprising a platform having a left side wall, a right side wall, a rear wall, a front opening, a floor, and a bottom, one or more ballasts which adjust the platform floor relative to a level of oil on the water surface, wherein the oil flows from the front opening across the floor to the rear wall, a rear location near the rear wall to collect the oil from the platform floor; and a pump connected to the rear location that removes the oil from the rear location to a storage area which does not affect the ballast of the platform. The skimmer vessel can work stationary in the water, and does not require a propellor means, as the oil will continue to flow into the skimmer as the oil is pumped out of the rear by the gravity flow to the rear of the vessel.

The present application discloses an automatic water surface skimmer, belonging to the technical field of water surface cleaning. For the existing anti-collision structure, most of impact force is transmitted to a hull through an anti-collision wheel, resulting in that the anti-collision wheel and the hull are damaged, the anti-collision effect is poor, and the service life of the anti-collision wheel and the hull is influenced. Further, garbage collected by adopting the existing solution is easily scatteredly fallen from an opening, and the collection effect is not good. The body of the automatic water surface skimmer is provided with an accommodating cavity running through upper and lower portions, such that a storage member can be placed from the top to the bottom, and it is convenient for a user to disassemble and assemble the storage member. Further, by changing the existing design that the water surface garbage enters from the opening in the front end of the storage member to the design that the garbage enters from the opening in the upper end of the storage member, the collected garbage can be effectively prevented from being scatteredly fallen from the opening in the front end, and the collection effect is good. In addition, the present application includes an anti-collision structure with at least two anti-collision wheels, such that the impact force can be effectively decomposed, the anti-collision effect is good, and the service life of the anti-collision wheels and the body can be effectively prolonged.

The present application discloses an automatic water surface skimmer, belonging to the technical field of water surface cleaning. For the existing anti-collision structure, most of impact force is transmitted to a hull through an anti-collision wheel, resulting in that the anti-collision wheel and the hull are damaged, the anti-collision effect is poor, and the service life of the anti-collision wheel and the hull is influenced. Further, garbage collected by adopting the existing solution is easily scatteredly fallen from an opening, and the collection effect is not good. The body of the automatic water surface skimmer is provided with an accommodating cavity running through upper and lower portions, such that a storage member can be placed from the top to the bottom, and it is convenient for a user to disassemble and assemble the storage member. Further, by changing the existing design that the water surface garbage enters from the opening in the front end of the storage member to the design that the garbage enters from the opening in the upper end of the storage member, the collected garbage can be effectively prevented from being scatteredly fallen from the opening in the front end, and the collection effect is good. In addition, the present application includes an anti-collision structure with at least two anti-collision wheels, such that the impact force can be effectively decomposed, the anti-collision effect is good, and the service life of the anti-collision wheels and the body can be effectively prolonged.

Described herein are systems, methods, and devices for detecting harmful algae blooms. An example system includes autonomous watercraft; and a computing device operably connected to the autonomous watercraft over a network, the computing device including a processor and a memory having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that cause the processor to: surveil a body of water for an algae growth; receive a local condition at the body of water; predict a spread of the algae growth in the body of water based on the local condition; determine a deployment strategy for the autonomous watercraft based on the spread of the algae growth; and transmit one or more control signals to the plurality of autonomous watercraft based on the deployment strategy, where the autonomous watercraft are configured to collect and analyze a plurality of water samples to determine whether the algae growth is a harmful algae bloom.

Disclosed is an unmanned robot for water quality management. An unmanned robot for water quality management according to the present disclosure includes a traveling unit provided with a pair of caterpillar treads mounted on both side surfaces of a body and including floating bodies having their own buoyancy, a drive motor that drives the traveling unit, a water quality measurement sensor that measures water quality of a water surface on which the unmanned robot for water quality management is operated, and a processor that controls the traveling unit so that the unmanned robot travels on the water surface to collect water quality data measured by the water quality measurement sensor.

Disclosed is an unmanned robot for water quality management. An unmanned robot for water quality management according to the present disclosure includes a traveling unit provided with a pair of caterpillar treads mounted on both side surfaces of a body and including floating bodies having their own buoyancy, a drive motor that drives the traveling unit, a water quality measurement sensor that measures water quality of a water surface on which the unmanned robot for water quality management is operated, and a processor that controls the traveling unit so that the unmanned robot travels on the water surface to collect water quality data measured by the water quality measurement sensor.