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A century after the Kankakee River was dredged and straightened in Indiana, it’s more prone to flooding than ever. However, the preliminary report on a plan to relieve some of the flooding received a lukewarm reception at a recent Kankakee River Basin Commission meeting. The plan called for a combination of measures, such as stabilizing some… Read More
MCALLEN, RGV – It will not only be Willacy County that benefits when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completes its multi-million dollar dredging work on the Mansfield Cut, says Port Mansfield executive director. Ron Mills says the Port of Harlingen will receive a huge boos because it will be able to attract offshore barges… Read More
More than 100 years ago, the Grand River was gutted, its rapids and islands removed, its riverbed flattened and deepened by means of dredging, converting the river from a habitat to an industrial asset to move timber for the booming furniture industry. While the city of Grand Rapids has since become an innovative leader amongst… Read More
Recent articles published in the Suburban Times regarding Waughop Lake have not included all the facts around how the City arrived at its decision to apply alum treatments to the lake to control toxic algae blooms. There are many opinions on what to do about the lake, from do nothing to dredge it and start… Read More
In the times of climate change a heat record chases the next, the poles and glaciers will melt, the water in the oceans heats up – and as a consequence the sea level will rise. Low-lying island States and low-lying coastal regions threaten to sink in the water. The oceans grow and the dry surface… Read More
The Orleans selectmen met in Lakeville, Mass., last Friday. It wasn’t because they grew tired of the tasteful décor of the Nauset Room at town hall or wanted to bond during a road trip. They met at the U.S. Fish & Wildlife office there to interact with an alphabet soup of state and federal regulators… Read More
Boaters, anglers, beachgoers, homeowners and businesses all gain from Suffolk’s end-of-the-year dredging, which cleared channels and built up beaches, officials said. The county spent $7 million deepening 16 waterways deemed priorities in six towns, County Executive Steve Bellone said in a statement Friday. “Now our commercial fishing and boating industries can have greater confidence when… Read More
Lake Audubon’s dredging project is slated to start as soon as Feb. 1. The Reston Association announced today (Jan. 18) that it plans to hire Lake Services, Inc. to dredge the accumulated sediment from the lake’s main coves. Dredging could begin as early as Feb. 1 with expected completion by the end of April. The… Read More
Sand filling of long-awaited Bay Container Terminal in Chattogram has started while construction of boundary wall will begin soon. Chattogram Port Authority has already started dredging of 68 acres of land acquired from private owners by Chattogram District administration on November 29 last year spending Tk 468 crore. The fencing of the area would start… Read More
Leaders in Surf City are weighing options on how to replace the thousands of cubic yards of sand that was lost after Hurricane Florence swept through the area. Hundreds of people flocked to Town Hall for Friday morning’s town council meeting where officials revealed that an estimated 1.8 million cubic yards of sand was washed… Read More
Removing four dams from the Snake River won’t help orcas, salmon, the environment or the economy, the head of the Pacific Northwest Waterways Association says. Kristin Meira, executive director of the association, which includes ports, businesses, public agencies and individuals that depend on the region’s rivers, cited figures from federal agencies to counter environmental groups’… Read More
The renourishment project on Pleasure Island will be getting underway soon. According to a Facebook post by Councilman Steve Shuttleworth, a pre-construction meeting was held Wednesday at the US Army Corps of Engineer’s office for the Coastal Storm Damage Reduction project. Weeks Marine is the contracting company that will perform the work for both Carolina… Read More
The under construction Payra Sea Port in Patuakhali eventually might have to be abandoned as high sedimentation has been turning depth of the Bay of Bengal shallow, warned German scientist Hermann Kudrass. Well known as professor HR Kudrass he has been studying the sedimentation process in the bay and delta subsidence for over last two… Read More
The African Union says the continent’s infrastructure expansion should involve easing transport on inland water bodies. AU Special Envoy for Transport and Infrastructure Raila Odinga on Friday said the East African Community, for instance, should continue investing in Lake Victoria transportation projects to expand trade in the bloc. Mr Odinga, said Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania… Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday commissioned the Baro Inland Water Port in Niger State, which is the first inland port in northern Nigeria. LEADERSHIP Sunday reports that the contract for the inland port, valued at N6billion, was originally awarded in 2011/12 but was abandoned until Buhari’s government forged ahead to deliver it. President Buhari, who commissioned… Read More