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Scientists working on new ways to battle the erosion that threatens Louisiana’s coastline have a dramatic new tool: a massive replica of the lower Mississippi River. The Louisiana State University’s Center for River Studies is home to the newly opened Lower Mississippi River Physical Model, a 10,000-square-foot (930-square-meter) reproduction of nearly 200 miles (320 kilometers)… Read More
The Missouri River has seen several devastating floods in the past decade. Now, a federal judge says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is responsible for potentially hundreds of millions of dollars worth of property damage over how it handled some of these floods. The ruling has intensified a debate about how best to manage… Read More
The Mississippi River Commission met with representatives from several states along the Mississippi River on a high-water inspection trip aboard an Army Corps of Engineer’s Motor Vessel. Commission members were able to meet, listen and understand the issues brought forth by the representatives, stakeholders, and residents about their concerns, ideas, and issues with regards to… Read More
The longest river in Bangladesh, the Surma, has deteriorated from being a mighty river to barely being navigable. With shoals forming all over it including its source and mouth, the river’s flow is constricted during dry weather, with six to seven months of no flowing water. This also restricts the movement of cargo vessels. As… Read More
For over a century, the people of Jefferson County have paid an annual tax to keep the Sabine River channel in Southeast Texas properly dredged for ships passing through. Now, the people of Calcasieu and Cameron parishes are being asked to do the same thing as leaders increasingly struggle to keep the Calcasieu Ship Channel… Read More
THE State Government hasn’t ruled out dredging the Ballina bar in the future as hype around the marina masterplan grows. A NSW Department of Industry – Lands and Water spokeswoman said the state had spent a total of $3 million in dredging the Richmond River, including the Ballina Boat Harbour and Fishery Creek. She said… Read More
Delta South MLA Ian Paton is hoping he’s made some headway with a couple of nagging issues for Ladner Harbour. During this week’s debate in the legislature on budget estimates, Paton asked Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources, to help quickly solve the water lot lease and dredging issues. The province took… Read More
Legal Adviser to Dredging Atlantic Limited/Westmintser Dredging and Marine (DAW), a multinational company, Mr Liborous Oshoma has urged the National Assembly to withdraw $44million contract awarded to Dredging International Services Limited (DISL) by the federal government. The company alleged that the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Ministry of Transportation and the Nigeria Ports Authority, have… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today announced that it received 94 proposals for beneficial use of dredged material pilot projects pursuant to Section 1122 of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2016, Beneficial Use of Dredged Material. Proposals were submitted to USACE in response to Federal Register Notice 83 Fed. Reg. 5763, published February… Read More
The conservation group American Rivers has released its annual report on the 10 most endangered rivers in the United States, and there’s a common theme. Human disturbances such as mining, water pumping and dams are the biggest threats facing our waterways, reports Sarah Gibbens at National Geographic. As Gibbens points out, the list isn’t a… Read More
One month after officials from across Washington County met at Washington City Hall for a flood summit, the organizer, county Commissioner Harlan Shober, is hopeful something can be done to mitigate future flooding in the Chartiers Creek watershed. The March 6 summit brought together at least 10 municipalities whose residents, near and surrounding Chartiers Creek… Read More
The Connecticut Port Authority and seven other Connecticut parties – including Western Connecticut Council of Governments, based in Sandy Hook – have been named friends of the court in a case set to determine whether the approved site for disposal of dredged materials in the eastern part of Long Island Sound will go forward. The… Read More
California Coastal Commission staff is showing early disapproval of Newport Beach’s proposal to put control of certain in-water development permits in the city’s hands. In a roundup of bill analyses in commission Executive Director John Ainsworth’s legislative report for the commission’s meeting this week, staff recommends the commission oppose a bill in the state Legislature… Read More
Billions of euros of investment in upgrades to West African harbors by governments and companies will provide enough capacity for them to operate sufficiently for the next 10 years, Bloomberg writes today quoting Bollore Ports, the leading port operator in Africa. Countries in the region have been investing heavily in ports to cope with rising… Read More
An environmental organization identified a tributary of the Mississippi River on Tuesday as the nation’s most endangered river of 2018 after a retiring senator revived a decades-old flood drainage plan. A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to curb flooding in Mississippi’s delta region threatens the Big Sunflower River and 200,000 acres (80,938 hectares) of… Read More