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On October 20th, 2020, Gator Dredging completed the dredging portion of The Lake Seminole Restoration project for Pinellas County, Florida. The dredging originally had been expected to be completed within 24 months but with Gator Dredging’s experience and efficiency, the dredging was completed twelve months ahead of schedule. The hydraulic dredging began in the North… Read More
Rubbish dumping could damage highly protected chalk stream CONSERVATIONISTS have expressed their fears for the future of the River Lambourn. The chalk stream – supposedly one of the most protected in the world – is reported to be at risk of a slow death from multiple sources. Critics have claimed the Environment Agency, the Government body charged… Read More
THE Marina Baja Water Consortium is dredging a small dam on the Algar river to increase its capacity. The €106,000 cost will be covered by the Consortium’s own funds after the central government turned down a request for funds assigned to damage caused by the DANA (Isolated High Altitude Depression) in September 2019. Dredging is… Read More
The Texas Legislature will be asked to approve a $26 billion coastal defense network, including $12 billion for storm surge gates to protect Galveston Bay and the Port of Houston from hurricanes and storm surges, according to Tony Williams, environmental review coordinator for the Texas General Land Office. Williams was addressing the Storms, Flooding and… Read More
Berger Lake in Galeton will soon be one step closer to dredging. Solicitor Mike Plummer reported at Galeton Borough Council’s meeting Nov. 18 that changes to some wording in the agreement with engineering firm Stiffler McGraw to dredge the lake will be completed soon. Council reported earlier this year that the lake dredging is expected… Read More
The Environmental Protection Agency finalized and issued a Clean Water Act general permit for wastewater treatment plants discharging to New Hampshire’s Great Bay estuary. In a press release Tuesday, the EPA said the new permit “will protect water quality and the health of ecosystems throughout the estuary by limiting nitrogen discharges.” Under terms of the… Read More
MANTEO, N.C. — A replica sailing ship similar to the one that carried the Lost Colony to the Outer Banks will finally be able to escape the shallow water of the Manteo harbor. Dare County will oversee the dredging of 2.2 miles of the channel leading from the Roanoke Sound into Shallowbag Bay to clear… Read More
Fall storms have forced more dredging to protect part of the Lake Superior shoreline from being overrun by mine waste. The cold-weather dredging is being done at Grand Traverse Harbor on Upper Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula and is being funded by the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community. We first visited Grand Traverse Harbor this summer, where five… Read More
To solidify Maine’s leadership in floating offshore wind energy and collaborate with Maine’s fisheries on the industry’s development, Gov. Janet Mills announced plans to create the country’s first floating offshore wind research array in the Gulf of Maine. With some of the highest sustained wind speeds in the world, the Outer Continental Shelf of the Gulf… Read More
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana is getting $234.6 million in BP oil spill settlement money for five wetlands restoration projects in three parishes. The allocations for Terrebonne, Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes bring the state’s total in such restoration grants to more than $900 million this year, said Chip Kline, chairman of the state… Read More
Gov. John Bel Edwards announced the Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group (LA TIG) has approved $234.6 million in funds resulting from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement for restoration projects that will create and restore wetlands in Plaquemines and Terrebonne Parishes. BATON ROUGE — Gov. John Bel Edwards announced the Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group (LA TIG)… Read More
Despite some early weather-related delays, work has continued on the restoration project at West Lake Park in Davenport. The four lakes at the Scott County-owned complex have been drained, and many passersby on the nearby Interstate 280 have been getting the incorrect impression that work has stalled, said Roger Kean, executive director of the Scott… Read More
Florida’s waters may be protected from offshore drilling but the Bahamas plans to start looking for oil in less than a month at an exploratory well just 150 miles off the coast of the Sunshine State. Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) said in a regulatory filing last week that it contracted the UK-registered Stena IceMAX drill… Read More
Courtesy Elston Hill comes these photos showing dredging work being done in the entrance channel of the Des Moines this week. The channel was closed starting Monday, Nov. 16, to all vessel traffic for the emergency dredging. Click on the image below to open the photo gallery: Source: waterlandblog
Dart Container Corporation partners with UltraTech to provide grants to marinas, local governments MASON, Mich., Nov. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Marinas and local governments across the US and Canada can stop litter from entering coastal and inland waterways and reduce marine debris thanks to a new grant program sponsored by Dart Container Corporation and UltraTech International,… Read More