Oriental Mindoro, finds itself at a crossroad as the local government pushes for a “cost-free” solution to flooding while some oppose the extraction of river sand, pointing out that it is commercial sand mining. The province, 140 kilometers southwest of Manila, has a land area of 436,472 hectares, comprising 1.5 percent of the land area… Read More
A plan to place almost 700 Olympic-sized swimming pools full of sand on Hilton Head’s beaches has, in some ways, been decades in the making. The large barge and the rest of the necessary equipment for the $47.5 million dollar beach renourishment are making their way down to Hilton Head. This year will the fifth… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District toured the Ashtabula 204 dredging site to learn more and view the dredging process including sediment placement as it occurred in Ashtabula, Ohio. Material dredged will be placed in USACE’s beneficial use project in Ashtabula’s outer harbor, continuing the creation of up to 16.5 acres of new… Read More
After wrestling for years to secure timely maintenance of the Rodanthe-Stumpy Point emergency ferry channel for Hatteras Island, the Dare County Waterways Commission decided Monday that the best solution would be for the county to secure the permits to have its local dredge do the work. The commission had agreed last month to request modification… Read More
As rivers burst their banks and flood alerts rang out across Korea this week, Daejeon remained eerily dry — and it may have city hall’s excavators to thank. While much of the country was inundated by torrential rains, the central city — crisscrossed by three major rivers — saw little damage, a striking outcome that… Read More
