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The flood-prone Almondbank and Lochty areas are now safeguarded by a series of improvements, including flood walls, raised embankments and erosion protection measures. Perth and Kinross Council has worked with contractors Balfour Beatty to replace two road bridges over the East Pow Burn and a footbridge on the River Almond. The Cricket Ground playing field… Read More
The coarse sand barrier has won first prize in the Flood Risk Management category of the 2018 Water Innovation Awards. On 29 November, Leo Voogt and Ulrich Förster picked up the award on behalf of the Rivierenland Water Authority and the POV programme (part of a research programme of Rijkswaterstaat’s National Flood Protection Programme). It… Read More
The Dutchess County executive is calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to refrain from deeming the upper Hudson River PCB cleanup project complete. General Electric maintains it has done its job. Republican County Executive Marc Molinaro wrote to EPA Regional Administrator Pete Lopez, asking EPA to refrain from issuing a Certificate of Completion for… Read More
The Geneva Lake Environmental Agency wants to stop an invasive plant from infesting Geneva Lake, but the undertaking could cost more than $120,000. Directors of the Williams-Bay based environmental agency want to dredge sediment from a lake lagoon to control its population of “starry stonewort,” an invasive algae that could cause damage to the lake… Read More
Farmers and ranchers interested in funding to help with the cost of implementing conservation practices in 2019 that provide environmental benefits have until Dec. 21, 2018, to apply. Karen A. Woodrich, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service state conservationist in Kansas, announced that farmers and ranchers interested in the Environmental Quality Incentives… Read More
New infrastructure, economic development, environmental, and community health are the top priorities in the Port of Seattle’s US$348m 2019-2023 capital investment plan. The Port of Seattle Commission has approved its capital investment plan and 2019 budget, which includes US$100m for a new cruise berth (assumes 50% tenant cost share); US$39m for development of Terminal 91… Read More
Global Dredger Market Insights, Forecast To 2025 key trends, market drivers, challenges, standardization, regulatory landscape, deployment models, operator case studies, opportunities, future roadmap, value chain, player profiles and strategies. The report also presents forecasts for Huntington’sDisease Therapeutics Flame Retardant investments from 2018 till 2025. The Dredger market was valued at Million US$ in 2017 and… Read More
The Pima County Regional Flood Control District announced plans to remove approximately 150,000 cu yards of sediment from the bed of the Santa Cruz River channel in Tucson, Ariz. The dredging is scheduled to begin Jan. 8 and will take up to two months to remove the sediment buildup. The project aims to increase capacity… Read More
“Build it and they will come” worked for Kevin Costner’s character in “Field of Dreams.” It appears to be working on the Delaware Bay where reefs built as part of Superstorm Sandy ecosystem restoration are attracting horseshoe crabs, Red Knots, oysters and other marine life. According to Capt. Alek Modjeski, habitat restoration program manager, American… Read More
The more than three-decade old dredging project that will enable the Port of Philadelphia to handle ships of 14,000 TEU is set to be finished by end of March as the port nears the end of the first phase of a $300 million upgrade that eventually will double the size of its only container terminal…. Read More