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NAVARRE BEACH — Nearly a decade ago, the newest version of the Navarre Beach Pier opened with much fanfare from residents and fishermen. The blows from Hurricane Ivan in 2004 and Hurricane Dennis in 2005 had closed the pier for six years when their storm surges buckled the middle of it. Proclaimed the longest pier… Read More
A slate of $132 million in projects intended to offset environmental impacts of the Deepwater Horizon disaster on the Alabama coast has received federal approval, Gov. Kay Ivey’s office announced Friday. The news is a step forward in the process spelled out by the federal RESTORE Act, which governs disbursement of money paid in penalties… Read More
Neptune Terminals is soon to begin a massive dredging project that will make it easier for much larger ships to dock at the coal and potash export facility. The company recently received approval from the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority to dredge a 570-square-metre patch of Burrard Inlet 3.2 metres deeper in front of its terminal… Read More
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency has confirmed on its website that it will assess a proposed cleanup of the Boat Harbour lagoons near Pictou Landing First Nation in Nova Scotia. Million of litres of treated wastewater effluent from the Northern Pulp mill near Pictou, N.S. are currently piped there and aerated before being sent into… Read More
An amendment to a bill designed to build up salmon runs in order to provide more prey for orca whales, might also help Satsop River area farmers who have lost land to the river. The main purpose of House Bill 1579 is to increase Chinook salmon abundance as encouraged by the state’s killer whale task… Read More
A task force of citizens and Dallas City Hall employees selected a $179M revitalization plan for Bachman Lake on Monday. Even with the endorsement of the task force and the city’s Mobility Solutions, Infrastructure and Sustainability Committee, the plan still has to pass city council. The proposal allows for the city to continue to develop… Read More
OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, awarded a contract to provide protection to the Glenwood/Pacific Junction water plant in Glenwood. The contract, worth $990,402, was awarded to Advanced Trenching and Utilities to provide protection to the water plant and well head that provides water to the Glenwood/Pacific Junction area…. Read More
A new joint venture company made up of national construction firms with a history of building levees and bridges in Louisiana has been selected by the state coastal authority to oversee construction of the proposed $800 million Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion in Plaquemines Parish. Louisiana Diversion Company LLC, whose partner firms include Brown & Root Industrial… Read More
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – On Monday, officials will begin filling Kent Park Lake in Johnson County after more than a year of work. This is part of a nearly $3 million restoration project to improve the natural purification system. This includes dredging, building fish reefs, new sand for the beach and new catch basins…. Read More
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced a $99.7 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to Miami-Dade County, Fla., to finance advanced wastewater infrastructure upgrades. With EPA’s WIFIA loan, Miami‐Dade Water and Sewer Department will construct deep injection wells at its three wastewater treatment plants to allow for the redirecting… Read More
Breakwater needs replacement costing $160M The Commonwealth Ports Authority has 13 projects for the Tinian harbor with an estimated cost of $186.2 million, including plans to replace the deteriorating breakwater that will cost up to $160 million. According to a CPA document called “Strategic Planning for CNMI Air and Seaports,” vessels will not be able… Read More
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Renourishment to Sandbridge Beach and dunes are soon to come after an agreement was authorized to use of up to 2.2 million cubic yards of sand from federal waters. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District, and the City of Virginia Beach, Virginia,… Read More
WARREN — The plan to remove dams from the Mahoning River is taking off, and officials say once they are gone, the river will continue healing from years of industrial use, the area will see recreational use increase and economic development will be spurred. The estimated cost to remove nine dams from the river, after… Read More
MASSENA — Remediation work in the lower Grasse River area, known as the Grasse River Superfund Site, will resume this month. But some nearby residents say they’re concerned about the possibility of air contamination around their homes. However, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials say they have a monitoring system in place to ensure that doesn’t… Read More
By Forum Staff A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractor has begun moving work vessels, pipe, and other equipment to perform maintenance dredging of East Rockaway Inlet to beneficially use dredged sand to re-nourish and restore Rockaway Beach between Beach 92nd Street and Beach 103rd Street, the USACE and Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on… Read More