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A discussion with a Singaporean company to dredge rivers in exchange for the excavated sand is underway, Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud has said. He told the media at a programme in Dhaka Reporters’ Unity on Sunday that the government was trying to have some of the big rivers dredged experimentally by foreigners. “They… Read More
Determined to reposition the National Inland Water Ways Authority (NIWA) to carry out one of its core mandates, its Managing Director, Barrister Boss Mustapha, has mobilized the organisation’s dredger to carry out maintenance dredging on Ajaokuta-Onitsha water ways. Mr. Mustapha made the declaration during the inauguration of the dredging committee at the NIWA headquarters in… Read More
Around £485,000 is to be ploughed into dredging work at both Pittenweem and Anstruther over the next two years. A further £80,000 has been set aside in Fife’s capital plan for a new ice plant at Pittenweem to replace the current facility which has been beset by constant breakdowns. Tom Mackenzie, from the Fife Fisherman’s… Read More
St. Johns County needs almost 16,000 truckloads of sand to rebuild its beaches after Hurricane Matthew. Crews will dredge that sand from the Intracoastal Waterway and St. Augustine Inlet. Starting next month, the county, the Florida Inland Navigational District and the Army Corps of Engineers will begin dredging. “It will provide a lot of protection… Read More
Officials discussed a study about how to preserve the ecosystem in the Arkansas River in Sand Springs and beyond and sought public input during a meeting this week. The study area includes the 42-mile long Arkansas River corridor ecosystem downstream of the Keystone Dam to the Tulsa/Wagoner County boundary. The Arkansas River Feasibility Report says… Read More
Santa Clara Valley Water District officials announced Tuesday they will request federal assistance to help reduce and prevent future flooding of the Coyote Creek area. The announcement comes after storms and heavy rainfall last week caused flooding in areas around the creek. Mandatory evacuations forced many residents to leave their homes and enter shelters. “We… Read More
A contractor for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will start the $63 million Absecon Island shore protection project in mid-April at either end of the island, with a goal of concluding the work in Ventnor by mid-October. Representatives from the Army Corps along with those from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, contractor… Read More
It has been nearly 16 months since the cutter suction dredger was brought here with much fanfare for removing silt from the basin of the Azhikkal port here. The dredging work, however, remains a non-starter, despite assurances by Ports Department officials that the work will be started without further delay. The dredger was brought here… Read More
Fort Steilacoom Park’s Lake Waughop could require removal of more than three feet of nutrient-rich sludge from its bottom to kill toxic blue-green algae blooms that have plagued it for years, a consultant told the Lakewood City Council this week. The environmental engineering firm Brown and Caldwell said dredging the lake at a cost of… Read More
Three weeks ahead of schedule, the Santa Barbara dredging is underway to open up a section of the harbor clogged by sand. The narrow passage was too dangerous for some boat owners. This week the Harbor Patrol has been escorting some vessels in and out so they did not get stuck on the sand bar… Read More
Up to 231,500 cubic metres of sediment will be dredged from the bottom of Snug Cove to make way for the new breakwater wharf to accommodate cruise ships. That amount of material would be enough to fill around 92 Olympic-size swimming pools. The dredged material will be dumped in a previously used location approximately six… Read More
DREDGING works at Rhyl Harbour will start on Monday. Works are expected to take three weeks. For public safety reasons, a number of parking spaces, sections of the boardwalk and quay walls along the dock will be closed off. Maintenance dredging of the harbour is required on a regular basis to ensure the required navigable… Read More
Southold Town will seek permission for an emergency beach replenishment at Town Beach, where winter storms have caused significant erosion. “There was quite a bit of devastation. The beach is about five feet from the parking lot,” public works director Jeff Standish told town board members at their work session this morning. Standish said Cross… Read More
MRTS is interested in dredging of the main navigable pass at the seaport of Arkhangelsk to deepen it from 7.5 m to 9.2 m, IAA PortNews correspondent cites Nikita Ananyin, Deputy Director General on Development, MRTS Terminal LLC, says. According to preliminary estimations of MRTS expenses under this project will make about RUB 200 mln… Read More
The threat of a levee breach in Lathrop appears to be subsiding as the level of the San Joaquin River continues to decline. But that doesn’t mean the fight for long-term protection and the overhauls necessary to prevent the same threat from repeating the next time an abnormally large amount of snow pounds the Sierra… Read More