Recognition of Oil Contaminated Wastewater using Landsat 8 imagery

In this paper, an approach for oil contaminated wastewater recognition is presented. By analyzing the relationship between thermal and multispectral characteristics of clean water and oil contaminated wastewater. The Oil Contaminated Wastewater Index (OCWI) was then developed to extract the oil contaminated wastewater. Results show that remote sensing can be of great help in tracking the oil contaminated wastewater with visible high hydrocarbon concentration in gobi area.