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Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan said before the Supreme Court (SC) that there was a need to initiate a large-scale campaign to dredge Rawal Dam and Simly Dam because their capacity to hold water had been reduced by silt deposits. A three-judge bench of the SC headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Mian Saqib Nisar… Read More
Rep. Lee Zeldin announced Monday that he’s worked to secure $1.9 million in funding for the dredging of Lake Montauk Harbor. The funding was included in the fiscal year 2018 Army Corps of Engineers work plan, he said. “Lake Montauk is a critical waterway for our local fishing and recreational boating industries and the Long… Read More
Port Otago’s new $8million backhoe dredge Takutai in the Steamer Basin yesterday. The 35m vessel weighs about 650 tonnes. It has no conventional propellers; instead three 13m legs enable it to crab its way across the seafloor so it can load the barge Hapuka with spoil. Takutai is capable of dredging to 19m, and will… Read More
County and state officials in Iowa are planning a $3 million restoration of four popular lakes in Davenport to improve water quality and recreation. Blue Grass, Railroad and Lambach lakes at West Lake Park were designed to serve as retention ponds to protect Lake of the Hills, but erosion occurred and carried runoff into the… Read More
After the Sewerage and Water board’s report to City Council Monday, some residents sid they have more questions than answers. Residents questioned whether or not the Sewerage and Water Board is tending to drainage canals and ditches as often as they should. The concern was highlighted in a meeting with the New Orleans City Council…. Read More
Work to stabilise the banks of Christchurch’s Heathcote River is nearing the half-way mark. Stage one, designed to reduce flooding along the river, has involved the Christchurch City Council lining 2 kilometres of riverbank with rocks and lining another 270 metres with rock-filled baskets (gabion baskets). The work was split up into 16 sections between… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to use nearly $12 million on dredging projects in Maine in the coming fiscal year. Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and independent Sen. Angus King say the money will help pay for critically important dredging projects in harbors and rivers in the state. Most of the money is… Read More
The Port of Cabopino in Marbella has begun to dredge its banks to clear the way for the passage of large ships. Approval has been granted for the long-awaited works to the mouth of the port, and the build-up of sand has been frustrating for the navy for a number of years. Its activity through… Read More
A private real estate developer that proposed filling an underwater site along the Tampa Bay shoreline would be the first to do so in decades. Prime Companies of Cohoes, New York, wants to fill three underwater acres in Tampa Bay for a townhouse development. In the 1970s, state and federal laws essentially ended the practice… Read More
The entrance of the Oceanside harbor, which missed its spring cleaning this year, is slowly filling with sand and businesses are starting to feel the pinch. One charter boat company has had to cancel trips for three days so far this month because of the growing underwater sandbar, which makes navigation hazardous in low tides… Read More
The clean-up of one of New Zealand’s most contaminated sites is now complete. The $8.9 million remediation project of Port Nelson’s Calwell Slipway came to an end last week, winding up an eight-year process to fix pollution caused by years of shipping repair work that used toxic substances. Project manager Kelly Leonard, of Port Nelson,… Read More
An attraction at West Lake Park is muddying the waters. On the boathouse dock at Lake of the Hills, just west of Interstate 280 in Davenport, children enjoy feeding giant grass carp with fish food from a vending machine. It costs 25 cents a handful. “They’re trained,” Scott County Conservation Board Deputy Director Marc Miller… Read More
The rising river levels are also bringing concern to some dredging projects. Lakewood Association hired a company to dredge the mouth of the river and a couple of the small bays. The goal is to remove sand bars that make the river shallow, so boats have easier passage as they travel along the river. For… Read More
The state Department of Environmental Conservation has approved a plan to keep track of the cleanup effort in Onondaga Lake. The monitoring plan put together by Honeywell, the company that carried out the dredging and habitat restoration for the lake, details how officials will monitor the cleanup to make sure the lake stays clean. Honeywell… Read More
In a bid to curb the ongoing flood in Oyo State, the governor of the state, Abiola Ajimobi has moved for the dredging of about 64 streams in the state capital, Ibadan. This was made known via a statement which was signed by the State’s Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Chief Isaac Ishola. NIGERIA… Read More