NEW BUFFALO — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, began dredging the federal navigation channel in New Buffalo Harbor on June 1. The dredging will remove about 15,000 cubic yards of shoaling in the harbor, which will be then used for the renourishment of about 1,500 feet south of the South Breakwater. According… Read More
How One Machine Restored a Dam Reservoir in Kenya 🇰🇪 Watermaster Photo of the Month | JUNE Too much mud. Too many plants. Reservoirs are man-made lakes that store water for drinking, farming, industry, and electricity. But when they fill up with silt and invasive vegetation, they stop working properly. That’s what happened at the… Read More
Authorities in Belgium report that a container vessel accidentally struck and damaged a tanker on the Scheldt River near the Port of Antwerp on Friday, May 30. The CMA CGM-operated, UK-flagged Containerships Nord was departing Antwerp when it collided with the inbound tanker Beringzee at around 14:15 local time on Friday. The smaller tanker suffered serious damage to its… Read More
The Galveston (Texas) District Mega Projects Division (MPD) of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) sounds like something out of a comic book. But the district is taking on the serious, real-world task of rolling out the USACE’s biggest, most ambitious mission to date: the $34 billion Coastal Texas Project (CTX). The storm risk management and ecosystem restoration… Read More
With hurricane season approaching, the multiple arms of the Salt Bayou Marsh Restoration master plan are poised to be tested, as storms likely will reveal the work’s ability to withstand potential flooding, wind and storm surge, in addition to protecting nearby infrastructure. That was the goal of the project when biologists formulated the plan in… Read More
