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Dredging rivers is not a simple answer to solve Cumbria’s flooding problems, the county’s top Environment Agency representative has warned. Keith Ashcroft, area manager for Cumbria and Lancashire, said dredging was often put forward as a solution but it was a “complicated” issue. But he said the alternative of building “higher and higher” defence walls… Read More
An unprecedented regional partnership to dredge several neglected river channels connecting to San Pablo Bay is now taking shape, offering new hope for removing the accumulating mud that increasingly chokes the Petaluma River. With Petaluma as the lead agency, the collaborative spanning Sonoma, Marin, Napa and Solano counties would bundle a number of dredging efforts… Read More
Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (Nasdaq: OMEX) was informed that the recent decision by the Mexican Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) regarding the “Don Diego” dredging and phosphate sand extraction project resulted in a denial of the application for an environmental license as presented. “While the denial was obviously a very disappointing outcome, after… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has proposed emergency maintenance dredging for the Cohasset Harbor Channel. Without it, the commercial fishing fleet will be unable to get in and out of the harbor at low tide, crippling these local businesses for yet another season. The channel was, of course, supposed to be cleared as part… Read More
At the core of Port Otago’s “Next Generation” programme is its dredging activities, the company having been granted resource consent to deepen and widen the shipping channel in the lower harbour and dispose of the soil at sea. The approval was subject to wide-ranging conditions, involving ongoing monitoring and research into the effects of the… Read More
High water several weeks ago reversed the flow of the Black River Canal, letting water rush into Lake Huron and raising hopes that it might scour out the sand bar at the head of the canal. “When it was reverse flow, it was like rapids out in the lake,” said James Freed, Port Huron city… Read More
The city plans to correct the Animas River’s flow upstream of the Durango Whitewater Park near Santa Rita Park to ensure the river continues to flow by the city intake pumps. The Animas River is shifting away from city intake pumps near Santa Rita Park, so the city is planning to build rock weirs to safeguard… Read More
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hosted a public meeting at the Moose Lodge in Hillsboro on Thursday, April 7, reporting that ground clean-up work at the Eagle Zinc site should begin this summer. According to project manager Timothy Drexler of the EPA, design work should be finished in May and actual ground work… Read More
THE long-awaited Bandon Flood Relief Scheme has got the green light from Acting Minister Brendan Howlin. The Acting Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform announced on Tuesday that he has considered the report of the consultants appointed to review the Environmental Impact Statement and is now in a position to confirm the Scheme. The Order… Read More
Dredging Clam Pass became a top priority Tuesday night when it was added to the Naples City Council agenda at the last minute. On Wednesday, the council approved a right-of-way permit application submitted by the Pelican Bay Services Division to allow their contractor, Energy Resources, Inc., access and egress at Horizon Way Beach on Gulf… Read More
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Commerce in the Great Lakes Bay Region is looking at the potential for increased business with a deeper Saginaw River. The 17.5 mile shipping channel from the Saginaw River mouth at Saginaw Bay to the 6th Street turning basin in Saginaw ranges from depths of 22 to 27 feet. U. S. Army Corps of Engineers… Read More
A Stone Harbor dredging project aimed at removing about 100,000 cubic yards of silt from the borough’s back bays has been shut down by the state after two geotubes failed recently at the Stone Harbor marina parking lot, releasing mud which seeped through bulkhead openings and into the North Basin, officials said. This is the… Read More
The only dredger in Scotland to be operated by a local authority has been launched and will begin sea trials ahead of being put to full use. The £2.4m vessel has been built for Moray Council to clean out harbours at Buckie, Burghead, Hopeman, Findochty, Portknockie and Cullen. The local authority also plans to make… Read More