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An assembly of Kansas Water Office, Westar Energy and Wolf Creek employees welcomed Gov. Jeff Colyer to John Redmond Reservoir Wednesday evening for an update presentation and tour of ongoing dredging projects. The initial project began in 2007 when a study found water supply needs in the Neosho River Basin region could not be sustained… Read More
Consent has been granted to dredge Whangarei Harbour clearing the way for fully laden super-sized fuel tankers to visit the Marsden Point oil refinery. The “Suezmax” tankers already visit the refinery regularly but could only do so 90 per cent full because of the channel depth. Refining NZ sought the consent on the basis a… Read More
Score one for the rare snails nestling along the shoreline of Stockbridge Bowl. Mass Wildlife’s Natural Heritage and Species Protection Program has killed the planned $4 million project to deep-dredge portions of the weed-choked lake to remove a massive sediment buildup. The plan would have enabled a 5.5-foot winter drawdown to kill the Eurasian milfoil… Read More
Dredging Wilson Morgan Lake is the top priority of a park improvements list presented earlier this week to a city advisory board, but the proposed project might not make it to the Decatur City Council’s priority list. One hangup could be the $2.37 million cost. Don Gowen, a vocal proponent of Wilson Morgan Park, presented… Read More
Middle Township Committee held a hearing July 16 to determine whether the municipality would grant two permits to Cape Mining and Recycling. Those permits would allow the mining and excavation company to transport, store, process and recycle dredge soils (the latest favored term for dredge material) at its site on Goshen Road in Court House…. Read More
After months of complaints from local residents, the City of Wabasha and the United States Army Corps of Engineers – USACE – have signed a memorandum of understanding regarding the placement of dredged materials from the Mississippi River. The original plan developed by USACE would have had the dredged materials being placed on the Drysdale… Read More
Shire of Esperance councillors are contemplating a new plan to control sand erosion at Castletown Beach which would save the Shire about $115,000 a year. Councillors at next week’s meeting are being asked to approve a “co-ordinated Bandy Creek Boat Harbour dredging and sand back-passing approach” to help solve Esperance Bay’s coastal erosion problem. A… Read More
To ensure safety of fishermen venturing into rivers, the Captain of Ports (CoP) has decided to undertake dredging at the mouth of four rivers — Chapora, Sal, Talpona and Galjibag, in phased manner. PANJIM: To ensure safety of fishermen venturing into rivers, the Captain of Ports (CoP) has decided to undertake dredging at the mouth… Read More
Onondaga Lake is recovering faster than expected after dredging and capping were completed over the past few years, a Honeywell subcontractor said today. Mark Arrigo, project manager for Parsons, said today the sediments flowing in from tributaries are cleaner and are covering the lake bottom at a higher rate than anticipated. “All indications are it’s… Read More
Hamilton, Ont.’s massive harbour cleanup project will move into a second phase this July as crews begin dredging almost half a million cubic metres of contaminated soil off the harbour floor for permanent storage in a recently completed Engineered Containment Facility (ECF). The multi-year $138.9-million Randle Reef Contaminated Sediment Remediation Project has multiple public and… Read More
The Wagstaffe- Killcare Community Association has been advised that a survey of the sand bar has been completed ahead of dredging the Ettalong channel. Association president Ms Peta Colebatch said: “The sand bar build-up has been surveyed and a design prepared for dredging works to enable a clear entrance to the channel between Little Box… Read More
A fresh infusion of sand along one of the region’s best-known beaches has notched that beach a prestigious honor. The American Shore & Beach Preservation Association selected Cardiff State Beach as one of the nation’s best restored beaches in 2018, the only to be recognized on the West Coast. Surfers, beachgoers and local dignitaries gathered… Read More
Ten miles from Louisiana’s receding shore, on an island that was on the verge of sinking away, new land is growing at a rate of 200 feet per day. A slurry of sand blasts from a 30-inch-wide pipe with the force of a firehose. In foaming sheets, it spreads across the beach of Whiskey Island,… Read More
With the public’s vote to allow dredging at Lake Redstone off the table, Lake Redstone Protection District Secretary Ken Keegstra said the order of the agenda at its annual meeting will be more of a traditional format. At its July 10 monthly meeting at La Valle Town Hall, the board finalized the agenda for its… Read More
The county has answered a call for help from a neighboring jurisdiction suffering from beach erosion that threatens private property and potentially public infrastructure if nothing is done. The Sarasota County Commission has agreed to become a co-applicant with Charlotte County on Charlotte applications seeking state money to rebuild disappearing portions of critically eroded shoreline… Read More