Posted on September 9, 2024
A dredging crew is pumping water and sediment from the Delaware River into Palmyra Cove Nature Center as part of a $12.9 million project.
The water and sediment are separated, and the water’s then returned to the river.
The work’s intended to maintain a 40-foot shipping channel.
A barge in the Delaware River supports a dredging operation at Palmyra Cove Nature Center.
Barges carry mechanically dredged sediment that’s pumped into the nature center, one of the storage sites for the $12.9 million project, says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
A worker climbs from a small boat onto a barge that’s supporting a project to dredge a shipping channel in the Delaware River.
Large pipes carry water and sediment from the Delaware River, snake through the forest to an area where the sediment settles out, and then return the water to the river off Palmyra Cove Nature Center.
Two deer stand between pipes used in a project that’s pumping Delaware River sediment into an area at the Palmyra Cove Nature Center.
A pipe carries water from the Delaware River through the Palmyra Cove Nature Center.
A deer peers from the forest at Palmyra Cove Nature Center.
Pipes carry Delaware River water and sediment to a cleared area at Palmyra Cover Nature Center.
A slurry of water and sediment from the Delaware River is pumped into a muddy clearing at Palmyra Cove Nature Center. The water is then returned to the river with much less sediment.
A worker, top left, and a water bird, bottom right, both stake out their spots in an area where river water and sediment are separated at Palmyra Cove Nature Center.
After sediments are removed, water is returned to the Delaware River at Palmyra Cove Nature Center.
