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The Champlain canal is a 60-mile waterway that runs through the Hudson River north of Troy to Fort Edward, where a General Electric capacitor plant decades ago dumped tons of polychlorinated biphenyls or PCBs into the river. The canal then becomes a separate waterway dug by 19th-century laborers to connect the Hudson with Lake Champlain…. Read More
THE OPW and local politicians have this week clarified reports which appeared to claim that no dredging would take place on the Bandon River this summer. Speaking to The Southern Star, Michael Collins, assistant chief engineer of the OPW, confirmed that the appointed contractor, Wills Bros, will undertake dredging works next month, subject to an… Read More
The City Council has approved a contract to dredge Waubonsie Lake on the far East Side for the first time in more than 20 years. Aldermen approved a $1.85 million contract with Lakes and Rivers Contracting Inc., of Lemont, to dredge and filter the lake bottom in Waubonsie Lake Park, off Kautz Road near Clarendon… Read More
Southampton Town reported this week that, based on the town’s third annual monitoring update on the town’s beach replenishment project along the ocean shore, there is now more sand along the 6 mile stretch of beach from Flying Point Road in Water Mill to Town Line Road in Sagaponack than when the project began three… Read More
SAND from dredging the Broadwater to allow future sailing regattas and open up access to superyachts could be used to protect Gold Coast beaches from erosion caused by cyclones and massive summer storms. That’s the view of groups behind the proposals to open up the Broadwater to superyacht access and become a top flight venue… Read More
In the latest round of the decades-long debate about Hunter Lake, many questions that opponents have asked for years are getting another look. An environmental study, which the city needs to complete to obtain a permit from the Army Corps of Engineers, will examine the need for a supplemental water source and determine the most… Read More
More than a dozen years after they promised to more thoroughly investigate the problem, government regulators and Monsanto Co. are joining in a proposed plan to clean up dioxin contamination from the sediment in a 14-mile stretch of the Kanawha River west of Charleston. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency revealed late last week that the… Read More
Securing a deal for a new marina at the Ina Boat Launch could take anywhere from six months to two years, said Jonathon Hallberg, executive director of the Jefferson County Development Corporation. Still, no firm time frame has been set and there are a lot of factors at play, Hallberg said. “This fits into a… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently released a report that suggests leaving the highly toxic waste in the San Jacinto River might be less risky than digging it up and hauling it away. The corps was tasked by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to assess the feasibility of cleanup options being considered for the… Read More
A crowd of about a hundred filled seats at Convention Hall Aug. 25 while an unknown number watched the video stream of Cape May’s meeting on beach replenishment and beach safety. Officials from the state Department of Environmental Protection, the Army Corps of Engineers, Stockton University, and the city’s engineering firm Hatch MacDonald assembled for… Read More
A bulk cargo terminal operator is working with Cape Breton Regional Municipality on a plan to cut the costs of dredging at the Port of Sydney. Mayor Cecil Clarke is hoping the port authority will soon get the nod from the federal and provincial governments for a $21-million expansion for cruise ships. That would come… Read More
When New York officials called for General Electric Co. this week to conduct another cleanup of the Hudson River, they joined a growing list of government agencies that believe there is still too much PCB contamination in the waterway. Absent from that push is New Jersey. Like many administrations before him, Governor Christie has decided… Read More
A Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) of a proposed dredging program at Santa Barbara Harbor found the maintenance project would not adversely affect the local environment. The Los Angeles district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers published the assessment in early August and estimated the federal agency would remove 600,000 cubic yards of material annually… Read More
A bulk material transshipment terminal at the port of Sydney plans to move ahead with expansion plans it initially outlined more than four years ago. Provincial Energy Ventures president Ernie Thrasher indicates the area of the proposed dredge around his company’s pier on Friday. PEV’s manager Jimmy Graham and Cape Breton Regional Municipality Mayor Cecil… Read More
The upcoming $10 million Housatonic River dredge project could be held up by the piping plover. But officials say the issue involving the birds should be resolved. The Stratford legislative delegation on Wednesday asked the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to come to an agreement with the Connecticut Chapter of the National Audubon… Read More