Travis Hills works for effective ballast water treatment system with no chemicals
An effective Ballast Water treatment system involves heating the ballast water to reach a temperature that will kill the organisms. It enables the ships to manage their ballast water and sediment discharge to a certain standard. There is a huge possibility that ballast water may pose serious ecological, economic and health problems due to the multitude of marine species carried in ships ballast water. These species include bacteria, microbes, small invertebrates, eggs and larvae. These species can further become invasive, out-competing native species and multiplying into pest proportions. There are certain approaches to treat ballast water which include mechanical, physical or chemical. Where mechanical methods include separation and filtration; physical methods include ozone, electrical currents, or UV radiations and chemical solutions are biocides. All the ships are required to implement a ballast water management plan and they need to carry a ballast water record book...