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Pinellas County Commissioners approved two items of business July 18 that moves forward work aimed at improving the water quality in Lake Seminole. Considered as an “impaired waterbody” due to elevated levels phosphorous and nitrogen in the lake, the county has been working to improve the water quality since it began to decline in the… Read More
Chairman of Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) I Jeyakumar said the report prepared by the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) on shoreline monitoring through beach profile measurements at about 44 cross sections covering both the North and South Goa beaches and baseline information on the Goa coast profile changes have revealed that there is no effect… Read More
Binney Park pond is being dredged and residents have expressed concern about the fate of the wildlife during the project. Currently a series of chain link fences encircle the pond which has been de-watered. The dredge material – approximately 9,500 cubic yards of sediment – will be removed, transported off site and disposed of in… Read More
A manufacturing plant in Hoosick Falls that has been the focus of the contamination of the village’s water supply has been designated a federal Superfund site by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, according to sources familiar with the matter. The declaration allows federal resources to be used to help clean up areas in the village… Read More
Thousands of volunteers turned out twice in the past 10 years to save downtown Cedar Falls from record and near-record flooding. Those same citizens, and others, will hear about a project they’ve long been awaiting at a meeting 5 p.m. Thursday at the Cedar Falls Community Center, 528 Main St. The city will hold a… Read More
The state Department of Natural Resources has approved a new permit for small-scale dredging projects, which officials say will provide at least a little help to property owners along the Fox River waterway in Waterford. Property owners have said navigating the river in that area has been a challenge that has gotten worse over the… Read More
In light of continued push back, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is extending the comment period for a possible Mississippi River dredging plan. The new deadline is Aug. 25. The Corps. said the latest extension gives stakeholders and the public plenty of time to give written comments in regards to… Read More
Thanks to the environmentalists, the Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) on Saturday suspended dredging of the fishing harbour after silt and debris including toxic waste from the confluence of two drains were pumped into the sea through pipelines laid at the old pier. A top official of DCI said the Corporation had started dredging the… Read More
Royal Caribbean International’s cruise ship, Adventure of the Seas, is resuming calls to Port Castries. Following a successful dredging exercise undertaken by the Saint Lucia Air and Sea Ports Authority (SLASPA), the 310 metre-long voyager class vessel can again dock at Pointe Seraphine. The ship had previously been unable to dock at the city’s port… Read More
A new contractor has been chosen to dredge the remaining sand in Menemsha Creek in Aquinnah and Chilmark after the original company was fired by the Army Corps of Engineers for failing to finish the work last season. The Corps’ New England District signed a takeover agreement last month to hire H & L Dredging… Read More
Although the physical evidence is often subtle, progress on the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project — or SHEP — continues at a steady pace, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which has primary responsibility for the nearly $1 billion effort to deepen the Savannah River channel. This week the Corps announced it has completed… Read More
BOATIES are hoping dredging near Cardwell boat ramps can gain approval as low tides continue to dip and restrict access to the water. Preliminary work on the dredging spoil ponds at Hinchinbrook Harbour has begun. Concerns have been raised about boaties’ safety after the Cardwell Coast Guard posted a photograph of the muddy marina to… Read More
Citing “regulatory issues,” Shaker and NEORSD officials recently announced new plans to go with 100 percent hydraulic dredging that will require no draining of Green Lake. Using a dredging barge and de-watering belt presses to be set up between Lee and Andover roads, the work is set to begin the first week of August and… Read More
Less than two weeks into the job, the Merritt has pulled out of a dredging operation designed to clear the badly shoaled Lockwood Folly Inlet. The Merritt is a side-cast dredge that tosses dredged sediments to the side. A spokesperson for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Monday the vessel had returned to the… Read More
Federal assistance may be on the way for the state’s latest Everglades restoration effort. But the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it will need another month to figure out how to join in Senate President Joe Negron’s plan for a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee. Col. Jason Kirk, the Florida commander for the U.S…. Read More