Apparatus, System and Method for Remediation of Contamination

Abstract

An apparatus, system and method for removing and treating contaminated materials on a bottom of a body of water and introducing growth packets to revitalize the treated bottom of the body of water. The structure may comprise a vessel with an open face. The vessel may be lowered down to the bottom of the body of water with the face facing down. As a result, the vessel and the bottom form an isolated space. The structure may comprise at least one agitating device(s) for stirring up the materials inside the vessel so as to form a mixture containing the sediment materials which in turn contain the contaminants. Multiple at least one pipe(s) may be coupled to the vessel for transporting the mixture out of the vessel for processing (filtering, treating with chemicals, etc.) so as to neutralize or eliminate the contaminants in the mixture. Then, the treated mixture can be returned to the inside of the vessel via the at least one pipe(s).

1 . 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, wherein the vessel has been configured to contain and suspend materials inside the vessel; 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 filter and a drill head or auger; and a second pipe coupled to the vessel and configured to return the suspended materials to the interior of the vessel, wherein the second pipe is further configured to transport a growth packet containing materials for plant growth into the interior of the vessel. 
   
   
       2 . A method for transporting materials from a bottom of a body of water for processing, the method comprising: providing a vessel including an opening; positioning the vessel such that the opening is facing the bottom of the body of water and is in direct physical contact with the bottom of the body of water; containing and suspending the materials inside the vessel; providing an open loop piping system coupled to the vessel; transporting the contained and suspended materials from an interior of the vessel to an exterior of the vessel via the open loop piping system; providing a second pipe coupled to the vessel; and returning via the second pipe the suspended materials to the interior of the vessel, and transporting via the second pipe a growth packet containing materials for plant growth into the interior of the vessel.