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Enough mud and silt to fill six Olympic-sized swimming pools is expected to be dredged from a 700-metre section of Christchurch’s Heathcote River. The work could begin as soon as May, as the Christchurch City Council considers fast-tracking it in response to residents calling on the organisation to remove the silt that had built up… Read More
The City of North Myrtle Beach has applied for a new permit for additional dune restoration along the city’s beach front. The city released that information in a press release Sunday. Officials say they hope to restore the dune system in three locations, between 41st Avenue South and 45th Avenue South, between 37th Avenue North… Read More
Central Coast Council will put in nearly $500,000 to match a NSW Government grant to tackle beach erosion at Ocean and Umina Beaches. Council director Mr Mike Dowling said that the rate of erosion was drastically exacerbated in April 2015 during a significant coastal storm. “This new funding will enable us to identify a long-term… Read More
A dumping-at-sea licence granted to the Department of the Marine for the disposal of sediment from the dredging of Dingle harbour will have to be re-examined after a discrepancy about the distances from shore. The EPA has said no dumping will take place until there are further tests, and said the permit is to be… Read More
It was always a two-intake solution. That’s what Laurel officials said about the town’s continued reliance on its old water intake in addition to the newly-installed unit three miles upstream. The old intake, often called the 2003 intake for its construction date, is a redundancy measure, said Laurel Public Works Director Kurt Markegard. “Leaving it… Read More
The 20-acre west barge basin at the West Calcasieu Port will be dredged to a depth of 12 feet, allowing for the fleeting of barges along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, port officials said. The port’s board recently awarded the work contract to Hammond-based Coastal Dredging Co. Inc. The company’s $1.33 million bid was the lowest… Read More
Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) has completed annual dredging and de-silting of nullahs. According to Incharge Sanitation, RCB Waris Bhatti, the clean-up work of nullahs, which was started last month at a cost of Rs 2.8 million, had been completed. Excavators were used to clear the nullahs, he added. He said all available resources were utilized… Read More
The sand dredging work at the estuary of a river in Seri Manjung, Perak does not affect turtle landing sites at the beach, says Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar. He said only a fraction of the six-kilometre coastal area was involved in the sand dredging project at Sungai Puyu… Read More
For years, a group of dedicated volunteers has gathered in a cramped meeting room at the Mitchell Recreation Center trying to achieve what often feels like an insurmountable task. Those devoted Lake Mitchell Advisory Committee volunteers may finally have an answer. According to Mitchell Mayor Jerry Toomey, Omaha-based water resource engineers are fine-tuning their pitch… Read More
A six week operation to improve access and safety in St Peter Port Harbour is due to get under way this weekend. Dredging will improve areas used mainly by visiting vessels, while cutting the risk of boats grounding. The operation will focus on the Victoria Marina, between the Albert and Victoria (Crown) piers, and two… Read More
The scope of dredging works planned by FSUE Rosmorport for 2018 is estimated at 12.2 mln cbm, Andrey Lavrishchev, General Director of FSUE Rosmorport, said yesterday at the Hydraulic Engineering Structures and Dredging Congress organized by media group PortNews (7-8 February 2018). According to him, 10.9 mln cbm will be dredged under maintenance projects and… Read More
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources approval could come within a month to allow Roen Salvage to dispose of dredging in a disused town of Sturgeon Bay sand and gravel quarry, a DNR Hydrologist said Wednesday. The DNR’s Jackie Marciulionis conducted the 30-minute session where a handful of interested parties discussed the plan to transfer around… Read More
What began as a six-month project has turned into a three-year saga for the Willow Fork Drainage District’s stormwater quality project. Three consecutive storms delayed work or, in the case of Tropical Storm Harvey, undid much of what was completed, according to District Assistant Vice President Wendy Duncan. In order to mitigate flooding, improve water… Read More
Dredging the Lockwood Folly Inlet channel wider and deeper might be more lasting, but it would come with a steep price tag—about $4.18-million per year. A feasibility study presented to the Brunswick County Board of Commissioners on Monday outlined how changing what’s been done in the past to keep the channel open to navigation between… Read More
It was dismissed by the Environmental Protection Authority as being “unacceptable”, but SA Best candidate Gary Johanson says he has found a way to make his alternative to Flinders Ports’ plan to dredge the Port River a viable option. Last week, the EPA said Mr Johanson’s plan to relocate the 1.55 million cubic metres of… Read More