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Kansas owns water storage in 14 federal reservoirs managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. But the storage capacity of those lakes is gradually diminishing, as topsoil from waterways and farms upstream washes into the reservoirs and settles to the bottom. As Heartland Health Monitor’s Bryan Thompson explains, state officials recently began trying to… Read More
CentrePort has confirmed the possibility of material from its proposed harbour dredge being used for the Wellington Airport runway extension. The port company is applying for consent to dredge a seven-kilometre channel to allow bigger ships through the harbour entrance, and to deepen the area around the Thorndon container wharf. The dredged material, enough to… Read More
Work on the cruise berthing facility is forging ahead as Government is expected to appoint a civil engineering firm by mid-month to produce the new design and a costing for the contentious cruise berthing facility. Deputy Premier and Tourism Minister Hon Moses Kirkconnell made the announcement while speaking during the budget debate on Government’s $862.4million… Read More
“Diversity is a good thing,” project manager Tom Novak of the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) St Paul District said, when talking about the natural diversity resulting from a dredging and construction campaign at Harpers Slough on the Mississippi River in Iowa. The project is creating river islands that protect other islands, all of… Read More
U.S. Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow today announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is awarding the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality $3,795,056 to help continue the cleanup of contaminated sediment from industrial waste in the Manistique River. This support will help MDEQ develop and implement measures to remediate poly-chlorinated biphenyls (PCB)… Read More
Long-awaited dredging of the harbour at Hay River, N.W.T., could begin in 2017. Members of the community have spent years urging the territorial government to take action on dredging, claiming the build-up of debris in the harbour not only disrupts transport and fishing but also poses a flood risk during spring breakup. However, progress has… Read More
Here is some footage how dredging is done on the Danube in Romania. Credit: MotorschipVitesse Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=be8_1465118367#gHu0VbChryeigGcU.99
Work on the long overdue project to activate Goa’s two inland waterways to ferry people and tourists will begin from October post monsoon this year, according to union minister Nithin Gadkari. The entire project, which includes dredging, building terminal points along the two inland streams and construction of jetties to ferry passengers, is estimated to… Read More
Residents with private access to Chapoquoit Beach would have to pay their portion of the $1.7 million to $2 million price tag to renourish the eroding beach, according to preliminary plans unveiled at a community meeting Wednesday night, June 1. Leslie Fields, a coastal geologist with the Woods Hole Group, presented to an audience at… Read More
More evidence that things have changed in Buffalo: Not only are important goals being accomplished instead of talked to death and then forgotten, but even ancient problems are being addressed. That’s what is happening as plans are laid to clean up the long-polluted Scajaquada Creek. The work is as welcome as it is necessary. With… Read More
Motorists will have to wait until early 2017 for the new Gallants Channel bridge to open, several months later than the last estimate given, but still ahead of schedule. Gov. Pat McCrory delivered that update Friday during a media tour at the construction site. He toured various points in the county, including the N.C. Port… Read More
Following extensive U.S. Army Corps of Engineers review, the Northwestern Division Commander, Brigadier General Scott A. Spellmon, determined the Salmon River is navigable for 259 miles, from the Snake River confluence west of White Bird upstream to Salmon. The Corps previewed this decision in meetings with county governments in April, and the decision is consistent… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recommends restoring 7.3 acres of ecosystem on Pittsburgh’s North Shore along the Ohio River. Officials with the corps and its nonprofit partner Riverlife began a study of the area last year in hopes of restoring degraded riverbanks and improving the depleted aquatic and floodplain habitat. President and CEO of… Read More
The study identified 117 private properties that would need to be acquired for the Army Corps’ plan to revitalize 11 miles of the L.A. River. Seehttp://documents.latimes.com/us-army-corps-engineers-feasibility-study-l-river/ for the full study. Source: Los Angeles Times
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced today it is seeking comments on its proposal to renew and revise 50 nationwide permits for work in wetlands and other waters that are regulated by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and/or Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. In addition, USACE… Read More