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Government on Thursday directed the officers to expedite dredging of river Jhelum to increase its carrying capacity. Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control, Sham Lal Choudhary chaired a meeting of officers of Irrigation and Flood Control Departments here today to review the progress of various projects under implementation. Minister of State for PHE, Irrigation… Read More
A massive project to pump sand onto an eight-mile swath of Pensacola Beach has reached the half-mark. The $16 million project should be finished by the end of August, weather permitting, said Paolo Ghio, director of the Santa Rosa Island Authority. “When you go out there and look at what hasn’t been done and then… Read More
The Port of Oswego is again on a record pace for business and a just wrapped up project is helping immensely. The Army Corps of Engineers has just finished dredging nearly 200,000 cubic yards of sediment from the Oswego Harbor. Every single day the Oswego River is dumping silt into the harbor while Lake Ontario… Read More
The Shark River dredging project that was stalled by the gas tax impasse will resume “any day” now after state officials realized they risked losing an undisclosed amount of federal funding for the work, a Monmouth County freeholder said. The news assuages local concerns that the state-level standoff over the Transportation Trust Fund would unravel… Read More
The dredging project in Lake Decatur is nearly half way done. The Decatur Lake Maintenance Supervisor, Joe Nihiser, tells WAND News Lake Decatur is more of a water resource than a recreational lake. That’s why the $91 million dredging project is so important. Nihiser has been working for Decatur Lake Management for over 30 years…. Read More
The army corps of engineers is accepting public comment on a proposed change to an existing permit for the dredging of the mid-entrance channel in Barnstable Harbor. The town is looking to dispose of about 3,500 cubic yards of sediment at the Cape Cod Bay Disposal Site instead of the previously permitted Blish Point Sediment… Read More
TEIGNMOUTH’S shipping channel has been deepened following a £250,000 investment by the Harbour Commission. Works to deepen the shipping channel which serves the Port of Teignmouth now allows for larger draughted ships to enter the port and it increases the window when current ships that use the port can come and go. The works, which… Read More
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will continue to allow the disposal of dredged soil and sediment at two open-water sites in Long Island Sound over the next three decades, and the department will select a third location this fall — decisions decried by local environmentalists and politicians. Sludge pulled from the bottom of rivers, lakes… Read More
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From 27 July 2016 to 26 January 2017, dredging works will be carried out off the western end of Jurong Island. According to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Port Marine Notice No.80 of 2016 dated 25 July, the works will be conducted 24 hours daily – including Sundays & Public Holidays – within… Read More
Yakama Nation leaders traveled to Washington D.C. this week to urge the federal Environmental Protection Agency to improve its plans for cleaning up the Portland Harbor Superfund site. The EPA last month released its $746 million plan for cleaning up a century’s worth of industrial pollution that has settled in the soil along a 10-mile… Read More
The Port Board on Monday approved the levy of a 2.53 mills property tax for 2016, which means more tax money coming to the port than in 2015. The port will receive an estimated $170,000 more into their general fund as a result, according to Executive Director Bill Rase. Although the millage has not increased… Read More
Dredging operations on Lake Decatur have made their way into Basin 2, generally the area of the lake most populated by boaters. The work started there early last week, said Jerry Stevens, engineering services coordinator for the city’s water management department. Crews previously were dredging in the Big Creek area. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock,… Read More
The State government will hold a high-level workshop on July 30-31 to seek opinion of experts regarding the flood and erosion problems of Assam and on ways to bring the Brahmaputra under control, including feasibility of dredging the river. Replying to AIUDF MLA Aminul Islam’s call attention motion at the Legislative Assembly, Minister for Water… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers argued in a court filing that the money Congress budgeted for the dredging of the Cleveland Harbor and Cuyahoga River shipping channel allows for the Corps to make the ultimate decision on whether to dredge. And as of now, the Corps has not decided whether dredging is necessary this… Read More