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USACE New York District, is finishing up maintenance dredging at the Shrewsbury River, NJ. In collaboration with the Wilmington District, the Hopper Dredge Murden is working around the clock to get the project done. (Video by: Hector Mosley, Public Affairs Specialist, USACE, New York District) Source
The long-awaited U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ beach replenishment project aimed at shoring up local beaches and re-engineering some “trouble spots” where a project seven years ago was performed has faced yet another hold-up – the latest in a string of administrative wranglings that has kept the project from beginning. This week, Steve Rochette, public… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking public comments on its draft Environmental Assessment, or EA, for Big Lake habitat rehabilitation and enhancement study on the Upper Mississippi River near Wabasha, Minnesota and will host a public meeting Nov. 8 at Wabasha-Kellogg High School to discuss the project…. Read More
VICKSBURG, Miss. – As residents of Louisiana prepare for possible disruptions in their drinking water caused by saltwater intrusion, researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) are assisting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) New Orleans District with assessment and mitigation efforts. With much of the lower Mississippi River Valley… Read More
The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville closed out the fiscal year in record time, ensuring America’s warfighters and other federal agencies get the support they need to continue their missions. At around 7 p.m. Sept. 30, the Center completed its last contract action. By 11 p.m., the Center’s Resource Management (RM) Directorate fiscally… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says that more than 3,000 tires have been hauled out of the Schuylkill during the second phase of a dredge project aimed at clearing the river of muck for rowers. The illegally dumped debris may cause additional delays for the $13 million project that began in 2020. Dredgit, the… Read More
Vicksburg, Miss. — Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/47708 Report Number: ERDC/TN DOTS-23-3 Title: Beneficial Use of Dredged Material: A Workshop to Explore Engineered Drainage Soils for Stormwater Management by Chuck Theiling and Ray Lees Approved for Public Release; Distribution is Unlimited September 2023 10 pages / 1.1 MB Source
The month of September brought mixed results for precipitation across the Missouri River Basin. Portions of Montana, North and South Dakota, and Nebraska received above average rainfall, while the remainder of the upper basin and lower basin were below average. Overall, September runoff in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa was 1.3 million… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers has known for decades that its continual efforts to deepen the Mississippi River for bigger ships would eventually trigger the saltwater crisis that has now gripped the New Orleans area for weeks. “This is certainly something that everybody knew was going to happen,” said Cecil Soileau, a retired Corps engineer who warned… Read More
Officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that 500,000 gallons of fresh water from the Mississippi River have been transported to a water treatment plant in lower Plaquemines Parish. USACE officials said the water was brought by barge to the Port Sulphur Water Treatment Facility on Sunday, Oct. 1, noting that more is… Read More
There’s a race against time and rising sea levels in Union Beach, New Jersey. Typically, water wins. “Yeah it’s devastating. You lose everything you have,” said Rick Morales, who lost his house in Superstorm Sandy. “It was pretty rough. I mean we lost it all, everything we had. And we had to start from scratch again.” Sandy… Read More
Montauk Beach is poised for restoration and replenishment, officials said this week. A contractor has been chosen for the Montauk section of the Army Corps Fire Island to Montauk Point coastal restoration project — known as FIMP. Work in Montauk is slated to immediately follow Fire Island beach restoration, which is scheduled to begin this… Read More
MONTAUK, NY — Montauk Beach is poised for restoration and replenishment, officials said this week. A contractor has been chosen for the Montauk section of the Army Corps Fire Island to Montauk Point coastal restoration project — known as FIMP. Work in Montauk is slated to immediately follow Fire Island beach restoration, which is scheduled… Read More
JACKSONVILLE, Florida — Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, awarded a $47.6 million contract Sept. 29 to The Dutra Group of San Rafael, California, to execute a Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies (FCCE) rehabilitation of the Mid and South Reach segments of the Brevard Co., Florida, federal shore protection projects. The project will place approximately… Read More
The geotechnical team boarded the barge before sunrise during a shift change. As they climbed aboard, the drilling crew met them with good news. “Looks like we’re ready to drill this morning,” the crew leader said. The news offered optimism. They might expect the first sample of the day before lunch. The marine crew had… Read More