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A team studied Anna Maria Island from stem to stern today, agreeing that Hurricane Irma took a bite out of the beach. The storm, which was a strong Category 2 when it passed over Manatee County, caused “deflation and retreat” on the beach, which means the beach lost some of its depth and width, said… Read More
River activists on Sunday demanded firm steps to revive and rejuvenate the virtually dying Yamuna river. Braj Mandal Heritage Conservation Society President Surendra Sharma said there was an urgent need to construct a barrage some 10 km downstream of the Taj Mahal to ensure that the river was always full of water behind the 17th… Read More
Governor Charlie Baker and the Massachusetts Port Authority Friday afternoon kicked off a $350 million dollar project to dredge Boston Harbor, opening the port to bigger industrial ships and promising new economic opportunity. The Republican governor joined Democratic US Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey and Congressman Stephen Lynch to highlight the economic impacts of… Read More
Dublin Port is deploying four data buoys in Dublin Bay over the weekend which will monitor whale and dolphin activity in the area during the Alexandra Basin redevelopment project. The four buoys will “live stream” information on the presence of marine mammals, including harbour porpoises, in the Burford Bank area where dredge spoil is dumped…. Read More
Citing weather and the need for additional dredging, the U.S. Corps of Engineers will not be able to reopen the Dismal Swamp Canal to boaters at the end of this month as planned. The Corps originally planned to reopen the canal on Sept. 30, but that date has now been moved back to late October,… Read More
An unsightly riverbed silt pile at Sarnia’s airport is finally getting smoothed over, easing the mind of at least one city councillor. “I’m glad to see things are moving along and coming to a successful conclusion,” said Anne Marie Gillis, at the news grading and berming is expected to wrap up by Sept. 22. Gillis… Read More
To save the city from flooding, the state government is pinning its hopes on robotic excavators to swiftly clear the storm water drains. Bengaluru development minister KJ George on Saturday said eight robotic multi-purpose excavators for dredging and cleaning of drains will be deployed to clean SWDs in eight zones. The excavators may be in… Read More
Erosion from storms Irma and Matthew has claimed much of the sand from a $30 million beach renourishment project completed three years ago, Mayor Tim Goodwin said. He pointed to a big dune next to the pier that Irma hammered. “It’s pretty bad all up and down the beach,” he said. On Friday, Goodwin and… Read More
Sunken and abandoned boats are being pulled from the River Hull in a bid to prevent flooding. So far around six vessels and other obstacles impeding the river’s drainage have been removed from the river. Thousands of people in high-risk flood areas are expected to benefit from the work. It started after 3D mapping of… Read More
The failure of Galway County Council to pursue the completion of the harbour and maintain what work had been carried out at a cost of €14m to taxpayers was strangling the economy of Inis Meáin. Tarlach de Blácam said it was seven years since the Department of the Gaeltacht paid Galway County Council €100,000 towards… Read More
Finding a new focus is in the works for local leaders on the F-M Diversion Project. The Diversion Authority met for hours with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tuesday morning. They are in the process of planning what to do next, and how to go about the project. Right now, they’re weighing in on whether… Read More
Blenheim Palace has launched a rescue bid to save what’s described as the “finest view in England”. The house in Oxfordshire needs to dredge silt from its two lakes as they’ve become so shallow they’re at risk of drying out. The plan will see a team of diggers dredge 400,000 tonnes of silt from Queen’s… Read More
Jenifer Louma, from the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Division of Watershed Management, will give a presentation titled “Beach Replenishment: A Delicate Balancing Act” at 7 p.m. Sept. 21 at the Rehoboth Beach Museum, 511 Rehoboth Ave. Beach replenishment, the practice of rebuilding beaches and dunes using sand taken from offshore or… Read More
Community members had the chance to talk with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Port of Coos Bay staff about the port’s proposed modifications to the channel and the pending environmental review administered by the government agency during an open house at the Coos Bay public library Wednesday. The port’s $300 million channel modification project… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to install a drainage pipe system under the new sand dune in Margate, according to a consent order. The order confirming an agreement between the city, the Army Corps and the state Department of Environmental Protection will require the Army Corps to design, construct and fund an… Read More