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The Dunedin City Council is calling on the Otago Regional Council to work with it to plan for the future of the city’s harbour. In a submission to the ORC draft annual plan, the DCC sought the regional council’s agreement on a harbour and harbour edge management plan. The plan would include the dredging of… Read More
It’s a classic strategy: When someone tells you “no,” go ask their boss. That’s apparently the approach being taken by Humboldt County Supervisor and recently appointed California Coastal Commissioner Ryan Sundberg, who last Monday sent an email to Jack Bowles, director of state and local relations at the United States Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in… Read More
Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has launched Africa’s first dredging simulator – a computerised training cockpit for aspirant dredger operators – in Durban. The dredging simulator is located at Durban’s Maritime School of Excellence (MSoE) and will form the core of the school’s newly launched Dredging School, which is one of only four worldwide. The… Read More
Transboundary water systems are shared by two or more nations. They are linked by a complex web of environmental, political, economic and security interdependencies. Transboundary water management is likely to be more complex than that at the national level since the water management regime, priorities and cultures usually differ more between than within countries. Despite… Read More
GERS and WICO are undertaking a multi million dollar Havensight Mall enhancement project. It includes a very impressive stone gate entrance and huge marquee Havensight sign in gold, blue bit stone walls and a black cast iron gates throughout the property for security and to direct the flow of traffic, enhanced landscaping, painting of all… Read More
The Kankakee River Roundtable, reactivated Thursday after 18 idle months, has launched a campaign to pressure the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to investigate ways to curb the long-standing sand and sediment problems in the river in Illinois and Indiana. Roundtable chairman Tim Nugent is encouraging organizations in the river basin to write to federal… Read More
The $1.5 million Green Lake dredging project has temporarily run aground as crews await the necessary permits from the Environmental Protection Agency. “We ran into some snags on the permit that allows the solids from the dredging to be taken to an approved facility,” Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District Watershed Programs Director Frank Greenland told… Read More
A multipurpose facility is under construction here to support the estimated $243 million cleanup of the Grasse River Superfund Site. It will be used as a staging area to support dredging and capping operations, said a press release from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. That entity will hold public meetings today and Wednesday, May 10,… Read More
Construction is underway on a facility to support the $243 million cleanup of the Grasse River Superfund Site. When constructed, the multipurpose facility will be used as a staging area to support dredging and capping operations. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold public meetings on May 9 and 10 to update the community on… Read More
WORK has commenced to remove the remaining bags of sediment dredged from the Ballina Boat Harbour. Parliamentary Secretary for Northern NSW, Ben Franklin said the sediment has now dried out sufficiently to allow its removal and work can soon begin to restore the site for full use. “This project supports local and regional economies by… Read More