SUPPORT RECOVERY EQUIPMENT

Tools for Safe Debris Recovery

Once a finding is verified and authorized, the recovery team needs the right equipment to safely lift, rig, and transport debris. This page shows current recovery tools and the future equipment that would expand what can be recovered.

01 — CURRENT RECOVERY EQUIPMENT

What the Recovery Team Uses Today

Today, recovery uses hand tools, hooks, poles, magnets, and grappling equipment. The team lifts, rigs, and transports debris safely back to shore for disposal or recycling. Every recovery is planned, documented, and executed with safety as the first priority.

  • ● Hand tools
  • ● Hooks and poles
  • ● Magnets
  • ● Grappling equipment
  • ● Basic lifting and rigging
  • ● Baskets for transport
  • ● Disposal and recycling
Recovery team conducting a marine debris recovery operation in shallow water near a mangrove shoreline — a woman pulling a debris-filled bucket from the water with a long-handled tool while a man on a flat-bottomed work boat handles tangled rope and debris
CONCEPT — FUTURE CAPABILITY

02 — FUTURE RECOVERY EQUIPMENT

What SCWS Is Building Toward

These future capabilities do not exist yet. They are planned equipment that would expand what can be recovered — from larger submerged debris to vessels and structures. Every item below is a concept — not equipment SCWS already owns.

  • ● Recovery pontoons with crane or boom systems
  • ● Work barges for large-scale recovery
  • ● Heavy equipment for oversized targets
  • ● Specialized rigging for vessels and structures
  • ● Integrated debris-processing equipment
Concept of future Project Lagoon recovery equipment — a pontoon work boat with hydraulic crane lifting a tangled debris bundle, alongside a flat-decked work barge with debris containers and loading ramp near a mangrove shoreline

Support Option Being Prepared

Your support helps acquire, deploy, and maintain the recovery tools and equipment needed to safely lift, rig, and transport debris from the Indian River Lagoon.

A dedicated donation form for this program is being prepared. Please check back soon.

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