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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, has begun maintenance dredging of sections of the Ponce de Leon Inlet and nearby sections of the Intracoastal Waterway. The USACE dredging vessel Murden is expected to remove approximately 60,000 cubic yards of shoaling material over a 40-day period. Operations will be ongoing 24 hours per day, seven… Read More
Before a bipartisan Congress passed the Clean Water Act in 1972, cities pumped raw sewage into lakes, mining companies discharged acid waste into streams, and factories poured chemicals into rivers, which occasionally caught on fire. The Clean Water Act made such pollution illegal and expanded the federal government’s authority to regulate waterways across the country. But… Read More
Advocates say would-be homebuyers and current oceanfront property owners in North Carolina have long needed clearer rules and updated information as climate change increases the risks of damage and flooding. Two unrelated, but long-sought actions taken last week by the North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission seek to clarify two persistent issues: septic systems on the… Read More
In a bid to make New York City a global leader in climate change research, Mayor Eric Adams recently unveiled plans for the New York Climate Exchange, an international center that will focus on developing and deploying solutions in response to the worldwide climate crisis. The state-of-the-art facility will be located on Governors Island, just… Read More
In September 2008, Hurricane Ike made landfall near Galveston, Texas, as a Category 4 storm with around 20 feet of storm surge. Even though the hurricane caused more than $7 billion in damage, it soon became clear that the disaster could have been much worse: If the storm surge had struck the coast at a different… Read More
A leader of the engineering firm that’s been analyzing Lake Mitchell’s phosphorus-rich sediment over the past two years made a recommendation on Monday to dredge the body of water at a cost of $25 million. Eric Lund, an engineer with Barr Engineering, broke down the lake improvement recommendations during Monday’s Mitchell City Council meeting at… Read More
Eastham town meeting voters will tackle a number of articles this Saturday, including big steps in addressing the region’s water quality. Article 3D of the capital budget is a bond authorization for wastewater planning and design, said Town Administrator Jacqueline Beebe. “It shouldn’t be based on individual taxpayers having to come up with $40,000 or… Read More
During Tuckerton Borough’s April 17 council meeting, more dredging questions were cleared up for residents living on Kingfisher Lagoon. “We are absolutely thrilled to live here. We are amazed at what we see out our back door, the Forsythe marsh,” shared one such resident, Chris Sullivan, who just moved to town nine months ago. However,… Read More
Public access to Capistrano Beach may be limited until early June as OC Public Works and OC Parks work to remove a stretch of sand cubes and construct a revetment to protect the coastline from erosion. Starting on April 25, OC Public Works commenced the construction of a rip rap revetment, and the removal of… Read More
Florida lawmakers this week put the Indian River Lagoon in line for $100 million in cleanups, marking what some are calling an historic year for funding to clean up the waterway. “It was a good year for Brevard,” Rep. Thad Altman, R-Indian Harbour Beach, said. On Monday, Florida legislative leaders tentatively agreed to a $116… Read More
Every year, farmers fertilize their crops with nitrogen and phosphorus to ensure a good harvest. And every year some of that fertilizer inevitably makes its way into ponds and lakes, where it can trigger ecosystem-wrecking algal blooms. According to a new study published last month in Science of the Total Environment, though, there may be a… Read More
The 200 million Europeans who live in coastal zones are already feeling the impact of global warming through extreme variations in sea level and flooding. Many parts of Europe could suffer 10 times more coastal flooding by 2100, depending on the trajectory of greenhouse-gas emissions that cause climate change, according to the European Environment Agency. History lessons ‘For… Read More
Beaches in Encinitas and Solana Beach will soon have more sand thanks to a sand replenishment project that’s been decades in the making. The cities of Encinitas and Solana Beach are slated this week to sign a project partnership agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to begin placement of beach dredged sand this… Read More
If you’ve walked along the Milwaukee River in the Third Ward lately, you may have noticed some action happening in the river. That’s because a new project to remove legacy contamination kicked off at the end of April. The project to remove polluted sediment is one part of a large-scale effort to clean up the Milwaukee… Read More
Beach replenishment in southern Delaware will be finished much sooner than anticipated thanks to the arrival of a third dredging ship. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ contractor Weeks Marine began operations in Rehoboth Beach in April, with plans to move south down the coast and complete work midsummer. Southern beaches, such as Fenwick Island and South Bethany,… Read More