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Christmas came early for some coastal communities and inland areas of Southeastern North Carolina thanks to U.S. Rep. David Rouzer. The Republican, who represents the region in Congress, inserted language in the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022 that provides more funds to support beach nourishment projects in New Hanover County’s three beach towns; create… Read More
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) was recently awarded $5.6 million of federal funds with the aim to fully characterize the dumpsite situation of Southern California’s shores by supporting related research. The dumpsite at San Pedro Basin is known to have started around the 1940s, caused by local governments and industrial companies, and continued until the Ocean Dumping… Read More
The largest spatial assessment to date highlights the need for improved management practices and coral restoration efforts in Florida. According to recent research, 70% of Florida’s reefs are eroding and suffering a net loss of reef habitat. The study, carried out by an interdisciplinary team of scientists through the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Earth,… Read More
US Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, (USACE) officials reported yesterday, Monday, January 9th, repairs to the Marine Drive levee had been completed. Repairs on a 200-foot breached section of the levee began December 31st. According to a December 30, 2022, press release from USACE, “Officials suspect the breach was caused by a combination of the… Read More
It may be rainy and cold but the Meadowdale Beach Park in Snohomish County is open for public access on Jan. 7. A majority of construction at the park in Edmonds, Washington, is finished, which will allow the beach to open back up to start 2023. The remaining construction will take place in a fenced… Read More
Following Tuesday’s announcement by Gov. Ron DeSantis that he is pledging $3.5 billion for water quality projects, including the Indian River Lagoon, residents on the Treasure Coast said they were pleased by the declaration. The executive order establishes a protection program and secures at least $100 million each year for lagoon projects. Another part is to protect… Read More
The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority has released a draft version of the 2023 Coastal Master Plan, which is a roadmap for combating coastal land loss and flooding. CPRA executive director Ben Haase says the master plan is updated every six years to incorporate changes in technology, costs and logistics. “You’ll see projects that will… Read More
Palm Coast has never dredged its 26 miles of saltwater canals. Last year the city council agreed that it’s now a necessity: the canals are getting silted up, hampering boating. It’ll be one of the more massive public works projects in the city’s history. It’s going to be expensive–likely in the tens of millions of dollars–and… Read More
The City of Naples has begun a $34-$36 million dollar stormwater outfall project off the coast of Naples Beach. “This is not a small project … but it is something that will really benefit this area,” said Bob Middleton, the Public Works Director for the City of Naples. The project will construct a pipeline from… Read More
When a tropical storm flows into Northeast Florida, higher tides push the Matanzas River into the roads, homes and businesses of historic St. Augustine. The result is costly damage to centuries-old homes and tourist attractions, plus infrastructure that all must be dried out and repaired, only to flood again in the next big storm or… Read More
A draft update of the state’s $50 billion coastal master plan predicts that 61 new projects to build or protect land, a dozen new levees, and new efforts to elevate, flood-proof or relocate flood-prone homes will reduce annual hurricane storm surge damages by at least $11 billion per year by 2073. The plan includes calls for construction of projects… Read More
Maryland is requiring Evergreen Marine Corp., operators of the containership Ever Forward (127,000 dwt) that grounded in the Chesapeake Bay in March 2022 to pay fines for the restoration of aquatic habitat. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources studied the impact of the grounding and subsequent refloating effort on the marine environment and recommended the amount of the… Read More
On October 14, 2022, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) on detention and demurrage billing requirements. Industry interests didn’t like it, saying that it had aspects that could worsen port congestionand the associated. Two industry bodies, the World Shipping Council and the Pacific Maritime Association, filed a petition for review objecting to the Environmental… Read More
This schematic map shows the features of the proposed Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, including new wetlands, in yellow, created with sediment dredged from the diversion path. After the Great Flood of 1927, and the subsequent construction of levee systems for protection of Louisiana from high water, it was recognized that restrictions on water flow affect the… Read More
The history of Lewes cannot be written without mentioning its relationship with water, but what about its future? Project ABLE (Align, Build, Leverage and Expand) is developing a Blue Economy Tech Center partnership between academia, government and commercial entities. It plans to use a network of autonomous systems to develop and test other autonomous systems… Read More