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LITTLE FALLS — When the Peckman River’s flood warning alarms peal, residents who live near its banks know they have only a few minutes to head for higher ground. Twice in the past three years, the neighborhood has severely flooded: in August 2018 and most recently in September, when the remnants of Hurricane Ida hit the state. Twice during the last 20 years, area residents… Read More
There is no environmental benefit to dredging Pawleys Creek, according to coastal scientists. That assessment has left Pawleys Island Town Council weighing the need for a $46,000 feasibility study for a dredging project. Removing shoals from the creek is one of four goals that the council identified in a strategic planning session in 2020. Beach… Read More
DALLAS (TBEN) — Dredging is scheduled to begin today at Bachman Lake, northwest of Dallas. Cleanup activities are the first phase of the Bachman Lake dredging and dam and spillway rehabilitation project. Ultimately, crews plan to remove sediment, trash, and debris from the popular lake. Officials say the project will make the lake safer for… Read More
Eneti Inc. (NYSE:NETI) said today that it has discontinued discussions with a shipyard in the United States to build a Jones Act-compliant Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV). Chairman and CEO Emanuele Lauro said, “We believe the U.S. market for offshore wind will offer significant opportunities for the company in the future, but right now we… Read More
Not only would offshore wind farms bring economic opportunities to southern Louisiana, they would also propel the state towards its 2050 climate goals. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management plans to begin leasing Gulf waters by 2025. (TNS) — The economic outlook for offshore wind energy in the Gulf of Mexico is getting rosier, with… Read More
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $25 million in funding to support increased research, development and demonstration of technologies that harness wave power to create electricity. The funding supports eight projects that will make up the first round of open-water testing at the PacWave South test site off the Oregon coast. These awards… Read More
DETROIT- Using historical data similar to recent conditions, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Future Scenarios product illustrates Great Lakes’ water level variabilities. “The tool allows us to investigate the different meteorological or hydrological conditions impacting the Great Lakes basin and how it affects water levels,” said Detroit District Watershed Hydrology Section Physical Scientist Deanna… Read More
Officials announced recently that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is receiving $8 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding help to make navigational efficiency improvements to Port of Long Beach. Last October, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed a Chief’s Report showing deepening and widening channels in the harbor would lead to air pollution… Read More
Gator Dredging initiates beach filling activities in Wiggins and Doctors passes utilizing the Brittyn B Ellicott 1270. This 2.2-million-dollar project is projected to last through February of 2022. The scope of work for this project will include hydraulically dredging approximately 65,100 cubic yards of organic sediment from Wiggins Pass and approximately 25,700 cubic yards from… Read More
A new engineering project would bring much needed land to eroding marshes but at a huge cost to the fishing industry BATON ROUGE, La.—After Hurricane Ida slammed into the Louisiana coast in August 2021, it took more than 100 lives and cost billions of dollars in damage. To some here, the storm was just one more… Read More
BATON ROUGE, LA – The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has released a draft version of the agency’s annual spending plan for Fiscal Year 2023, which runs from July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023. The Integrated Ecosystem Restoration & Hurricane Protection in Coastal Louisiana: Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Plan anticipates investing $1.3… Read More
The St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved funding and the hiring of a contractor Tuesday, Jan. 18, for the South Ponte Vedra Dune Restoration Project. This dredging and beach fill project spans the area starting from Serenata Beach and extending north for about five and a half miles. It is unrelated to… Read More
Discussion on the confined aquatic dredged disposal (CAD) site in Newport Harbor returned to the Newport Beach City Council dais again Tuesday, months after council members passed the plan. The city first looked into the construction of such a disposal site in 2019 after mercury-tainted sediment was discovered near the turning basin. The City Council… Read More
A new computer model from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science was recently chosen to replace an aging system used to guide the massive Chesapeake Bay restoration project. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded the institute under William & Mary $1.6 million for SCHISM: the Semi-implicit Cross-scale Hydroscience Integrated System Model. The Chesapeake Bay Program… Read More
DEAL, N.J. — The weekend storm that brought rain and snow to much of New Jersey also caused significant erosion to a Jersey Shore beach that was already in the process of being widened. Now, federal and state officials are trying to determine whether additional sand needs to be pumped ashore to replace what was… Read More