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In this week’s ‘You Ask, We Investigate’ report, KNWA’s Katelynn Zoellner spoke with officials to get an update on a project happening at Lake Sequoyah in Fayetteville. Lake Sequoyah is comprised of approximately 1,400 acres of land and 389 acres of water. The City of Fayetteville purchased the property in 1958, and the lake was… Read More
When Secretary Raul L. Lambino took over as Administrator and CEO of the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority middle of last year, he made an ocular survey of the heavily-silted Cagayan River, once called Rio Grande by Spanish colonizers for its magnificence. “I promised to myself right there, we will restore the mighty river to its… Read More
Residents and tourists at Fernandina Beach are seeing construction equipment on the sand because a renourishment project got underway Sunday. Swimmers and surfers in the dredging areas are being warned to be careful because they could get hurt if in they’re in the water. Dredging of U.S. Naval Station Kings Bay and sand placement at… Read More
The City of Houston continues to make progress towards Harvey Recovery with both state and federal agencies, Houston City Councilman Dave Martin said in a press release on Wednesday. City and state leaders have worked in partnership with Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn for more than a year towards several initiatives that will have… Read More
Officials concerned the Hampton Harbor was becoming shallow beyond use celebrated new funding for the harbor’s emergency dredging this week. The $4.6 million needed to complete the dredging was included in the Army Corps of Engineers’ 2019 Work Plan, according to U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s office. Shaheen and other New Hampshire congressional delegates praised the… Read More
From US House of Reps: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, announced several investments from the fiscal year 2019 work plan from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in Northern Ohio as well as the Soo Locks, which are critical for moving industrial materials across the… Read More
There are an estimated 17,000 cubic yards of silt clogging the channel in Neabsco Creek. To put that in perspective, one cubic yard of saturated silt can typically weigh up to 3,000 pounds, according to Prince William County. This means that 51 million pounds of soil or 25,500 tons of silt need to be removed… Read More
What could be the last pleasure boat to depart downtown Petaluma left very carefully the other afternoon. Exactly 5 feet of water was beneath the hull of the Sea Witch as it inched away from the dock for a 20-minute voyage nearly as treacherous as the rounding of Cape Horn. “There’s a big bump of… Read More
Following a couple of years of significant hurricane-related damage, the St. Johns County administration has received permission to hire someone who will be the expert and advocate for local beaches. Through the budget process this year, the County Commission approved $78,000 for a new position of beach management expert. “There is the need for a… Read More
Two Bedeschi eco-hoppers have been sent to the port of Houston, USA. Completely assembled in Chioggia, near Venice, they will arrive fully-erected to the USA. Bedeschi eco-hoppers are equipped with pulse-jet bag filter with high filtration engineering and less compressed air consumption; an economical an d flexible solution to satisfy the highest environmental standards. Source: GCR
The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Atwima Nwabiagya North in the Ashanti Region, Madam Rebeca Yeboah, has warned that the assembly will deal drastically with people caught dumping refuse and other materials into rivers and other water bodies in the area. She explained that the assembly’s decision to prosecute offenders was because such acts lead… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers is planning for another beach re-nourishment project in Pinellas County. They need about seventy property owners in Redington Shores to sign easements so crews can work on their land. The Army Corps will not do the work unless they get permission from all of the homeowners. Some homeowners telling ABC… Read More
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reached an agreement Monday with the Saratoga Springs Owners Association, Inc. and Cross Marine Projects, Inc. in a lawsuit that was filed Dec. 4, 2017, in Utah’s U.S. District Court. The lawsuit sought to have the defendants restore or mitigate alleged damages to Utah Lake wetlands caused at their own… Read More
The city of Kalamazoo is taking a step toward addressing record flooding that brought parts of the city to a standstill in 2018. The city wants to dredge the Crosstown ponds and the nearby creeks to try to reduce the chance the ponds will overflow after heavy rain. Chronic flooding has resulted in significant property… Read More
Louisiana will receive $161.4 million from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to continue its reconstruction of barrier islands and shorelines in the Terrebonne Basin, with the money coming from settlements of criminal charges with BP and Transocean for their roles in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster and oil spill. Louisiana’s money was part of… Read More