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Renewed calls have been made to look at dredging rivers in Hawick after hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes due to flooding this week. Hawick honorary provost Stuart Marshall said the town escaped serious problems “by the skin of its teeth”. He said that this had strengthened the case to speed up work… Read More
New Jersey’s environmental protection department says a bill being fast-tracked through the state Legislature would restore the public beach access rules that were struck down by an appeals court in December. DEP Commissioner Bob Martin said a bill introduced Thursday would restore the same rules that were in place before the court stuck them down…. Read More
The Minister for Public Expenditure has confirmed that he is prepared to look at the possibility of dredging parts of the River Slaney in a bid to tackle flooding in Enniscorthy. Minister Brendan Howlin was speaking on South East Radio’s Morning Mix where he announced a fund of half a million euro has been set… Read More
With containerized cargo volume for the last two years up 700,000 — a total of 23 percent — Georgia Ports Authority continues to lead container growth in the country, GPA executive director Curtis Foltz told his board Monday. The port moved a record-breaking 3.73 million TEUs — or 20-foot equivalent units — in 2015, an… Read More
This weekend’s blizzard dropped more than a foot of snow in some places across Delaware, but along the coast, high winds whipped up an ocean frenzy, devouring First State sand dunes. Large waves still crashed onto Rehoboth Beach Monday morning, but with nowhere near as much force as they had over the weekend. The northern… Read More
The leader of House Independent Bloc said that the claimant countries in the South China Sea should start considering the possible joint exploration and development in the disputed islands to peacefully resolve the tense situation in the region. Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez, who is gunning for Senate urged all claimant countries to engage in mutually-beneficial… Read More
Senators Want Corps to Pay to Dispose of Potentially Harmful Material from Cleveland Harbor U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) urged Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jo-Ellen Darcy to use at least $2 million of its $273 million harbor and channel projects budget to make up for its… Read More
Maintenance work to clear debris from the rivers and repair retaining walls following last month’s unprecedented flashfloods was outlined in Tynwald this week. But the court was told that any work on flood defences to protect badly-hit businesses on Hills Meadow and the National Sports Centre was on hold pending the drawing up of a… Read More
Multiple amphibious, multi-function dredges from Mud Cat are operating in Iraq to clean various dams and barrages that are positioned along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Iraq’s Ministry of Water Resources (MWR) purchased the MFDs to remove accumulated silt, sand, and vegetation at each dam’s basin. By performing regular dam maintenance, Iraq’s MWR can maintain… Read More
Multiple amphibious, multi-function dredges from Mud Cat are operating in Iraq to clean various dams and barrages that are positioned along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Iraq’s Ministry of Water Resources (MWR) purchased the MFDs to remove accumulated silt, sand, and vegetation at each dam’s basin. By performing regular dam maintenance, Iraq’s MWR can maintain… Read More
China and Algeria have signed a $US3.3 billion ($F7.1b) agreement to build a new centre transshipment port at Cherchell, Algiers, Xinhua reported. Located about 60 km west of the capital Algiers, the expanded Cherchell port will be able to handle 6.5 million 20-foot containers and 26 million tonnes of goods per year. The contract, signed… Read More
The flood technical committee is waiting to hear if there will be $1.5 million in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers‘ federal budget allocated to the Red River bathymetric survey. In December 2015, the consolidated appropriations, or omnibus, bill for 2016 passed the U.S. Congress. The bill included the budget for the Corps, which included… Read More
President Obama issued the ninth veto of his presidency Tuesday, rejecting a congressional resolution that would have overturned federal regulations on clean water. The Waters of the United States rule, adopted by the Obama administration in 2014, expands the definition of waters subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean… Read More
President Obama vetoed legislation Tuesday that would have blocked the administration’s new regulation establishing federal authority over small waterways such as wetlands and ponds, a rule criticized by Republican lawmakers as a “power grab” by the EPA. In a message to Congress, Mr. Obama said the new rule “is critical to our efforts to protect… Read More
Cork County Council is to seek clarification from Inland Fisheries Ireland over its view that dredging of flooded rivers can only take place as an emergency measure where flood relief schemes are not being undertaken by the OPW. Cork County Council chief executive Tim Lucey told councillors the council had been in contact with the… Read More