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Work to boost environmentally important Bolinas Lagoon and surrounding roads has received an influx of cash from a state agency. The state’s Coastal Conservancy awarded $285,000 last week to the Marin County Open Space District to prepare construction plans, permit applications and environmental documents for the Bolinas Lagoon Wye Project. “We are excited that after… Read More
A consortium of western companies and Russia’s Gazprom that is due to build the controversial subsea Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany said on Tuesday it was starting preparatory work in the Greifswald bay off Germany’s Baltic coast. “Five dredgers are now working on the trench for the two pipeline strings,” the consortium, based… Read More
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this month released a 45-page plan detailing a potential fix to the decades-old health hazard prevalent in fish at the Donna Lake. A 1,600-foot-long siphon built in 1926, which facilitates the movement of water underneath the Arroyo Colorado, may contain cancer-causing chemicals called polychlorinated biphenyls which have been found in… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and International Paper have resolved an issue about pipelines under the Savannah River that the corps previously believed would have to be relocated ahead of harbor deepening. IP had already removed some of its piping and the company demonstrated that the remaining pipeline was buried deep enough that it… Read More
The Government of Saint Lucia through the Water and Sewage Company (WASCO), on May 21, held the ground breaking ceremony to signal commencement of works on the first phase of the John Compton Dam Rehabilitation Project. The desilting project will see the removal of approximately 1.5 million cubic meters of sediment from the reservoir. The… Read More
Coastal erosion is chewing away at one of the Northwest’s most popular recreation areas. It’s threatening the main campground and other amenities at Cape Disappointment State Park, which has the second most camper visits in the Washington State Park system. Darrel and Connie Newton of Vancouver, Washington, had advance warning of the shoreline erosion at… Read More
Gravel, sand and silt dredged from the bottom of the Buffalo River was once so toxic it had to be hauled off to a special site. But now, after a $75 million cleanup, sediment coming out of the river is healthy enough to be used to build a new habitat for fish, shorebirds, turtles and… Read More
On the day that tenders closed for the construction of a second cruise ship berth in Sydney, the lead engineer on the project provided an update on the $20-million project to the Port Days conference in Sydney. Richard Morykot of CBCL Ltd. said geotechnical work on the project has been completed, including marine and land… Read More
For the second time in a week, Sussex County’s long-awaited beach replenishment has been pushed back. Last week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the project would begin on May 25 in Bethany Beach. Now that date has shifted forward to May 29. For much of this year, the work was scheduled for May… Read More
Homeowners in Camp Ellis continue to wait as they have for decades for a solution to mitigate erosion in the coastal community. The Saco River Jetty, which extends about 6,600 feet into the Atlantic Ocean from the mouth of the Saco River, has long been blamed for disrupting the natural flow of sand and causing… Read More
“Goo must go,” that’s the message behind them, first of its kind, Army Corps of Engineers program. The goal behind the saying is to clean-up some of the contaminated ‘goo’ lying on the bottom of the Elizabeth River. On Thursday, signatures from people with the Army Corps of Engineers and the Portsmouth non-profit group Living… Read More
Crews dredging sediment from Lake Decatur have been waiting to get to work since April after engineers encountered a problem with the project: The basin where sediment is being stored has reached maximum capacity earlier than expected. The engineering contractors for the project, Chastain & Associates, felt the sediment “would settle more than it did… Read More
The Oceanside Harbor will not be dredged any time soon. According to Oceanside Public Works Director Kiel Koger, the annual project has been delayed as the Army Corps of Engineers, who manages the dredging, did not receive a permit from the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board. The dredging typically takes place in April… Read More
The boating communities of Ocean City and other coastal South Jersey towns have been remarkably patient about the deteriorating waterways they use. Channels have become difficult to navigate without running aground. Many boaters have to time their trips to come and go during high tide because only then is there enough water to float their… Read More
New Jersey Department of Transportation officials announced Thursday the completion of three dredging projects to restore waterways in Monmouth County – including the Belmar area – to navigable depths, some for the first time in 30 years. Many of these channels in Shark River, Shrewsbury, and Keansburg had been shoaled in since Superstorm Sandy, limiting… Read More