These booms can be linked together by built-in connectors to overlap and contain large areas|Designed for long-term deployment, they are recommended for containing and absorbing spills and effluent discharges in ditches, streams, rivers, lakes, and terminal docks and piers|UV resistant, they will not deteriorate, disintegrate or sink, and, have an inner scrim to eliminate linting|Unlike non-sorbent containment booms, these booms absorb the oil as they contain it|