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USACE creating new islands near Grafton, Illinois
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District’s Dredge Potter is currently working near Grafton, Illinois, between river miles 218 and 222, using a 300-foot-long flexible floating pipeline to remove material from the navigation channel. The flexible pipeline allows for the creation of ephemer
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Sustainable dredging in the Port of Rotterdam (VIDEO)
Rijkswaterstaat and the Port of Rotterdam Authority are working hard to ensure an accessible port and the hinterland. To maintain the water depth in the waterways, they dredge and maintain the port basins and navigation channel in the Nieuwe Waterweg. In doing so, Rijkswaterstaat and the Port of Rot
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New CEDA paper on Environmental Adaptive Management
The Central Dredging Association (CEDA) has released new information paper on Environmental Adaptive Management. CEDA – committed to promoting concepts for sustainable dredging and waterborne construction works – supports the concept of Adaptive Management within dredging projects. Adaptive Manageme
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Rock Island District completes first NESP construction project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District has successfully completed the first Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) construction project well ahead of schedule. The Starved Rock Breakwater project broke ground in February and is a habitat restoration effort designed to
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Dredging kicking off in the Lower Rouge River Old Channel
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced the start of a $84 million Great Lakes cleanup project in Rouge River near Detroit. Sediments in the Lower Rouge River Old Channel are contaminated with polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs, heavy metals, and polychlorinated biphenyls, or
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Working with Nature in the Port of Seville (VIDEO)
The Port of Seville improves navigation, and at the same time promotes biodiversity in the Guadalquivir estuary. Each year, part of the sand extracted from the maintenance dredging of the canal is reused for the creation and conservation of wetlands for aquatic birds. These habitats, designed togeth
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Towards circular net zero dredge equipment
Royal IHC has been working hard lately on sustainable propulsion systems and things such as electrification of dredging equipment. Fridus Rijnten, Dredging Equipment Director at IHC, is positive when it comes to sustainable business practices: “We are making our dredging equipment parts more and mor
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Van Oord and Van Aalsburg investing in circular materials
Van Oord and Van Aalsburg have signed a collaboration agreement to further develop circular fascine mattresses. Fascine mattresses are mats of twisted willow that play an important role in maintaining embankment stability, preventing land degradation and protecting waterways from erosion. At present
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Treatability: An important asset in Environmental Dredging
J.F. Brennan Company recently posted an interesting blog post on Treatability: An Important Asset in Environmental Dredging. Treatability testing uses bench-scale demonstrations and analysis to determine if a material can be effectively treated with a specific chemical or process. At Brennan, they u
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EPA to dredge Hudson River again
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand recently stood with local leaders and environmental advocates at Albany City Hall to demand that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) take additional action to clean up polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) “forever chemicals” in the Hudson River. PCBs are toxic manmade
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Submit applications for the 2024 WEDA Environmental Excellence Awards
The Western Dredging Association is accepting applications for the 2024 WEDA Environmental Excellence Awards. The WEDA Environmental Excellence Awards recognize projects for their outstanding contributions to the goals of WEDA, which include: To promote communication and understanding of environment
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Completion of the Long Point Bayou marsh creation project expected in early 2024
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District has been pumping sediment out of the Calcasieu Ship Channel to help create new marsh lands as part of the Louisiana Coastal Restoration and Protection Authority (CPRA) Long Point Bayou Marsh Creation Project near Hackberry, La. At various stages
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PHOTO of the muck removal work in Brevard County, FL
The Save Our Indian River Lagoon (SOIRL) Program is removing deep accumulations of muck from the bottom of the lagoon. The muck in the IRL increases turbidity, inhibits seagrass growth, reduces dissolved oxygen, releases nutrients, and destroys healthy communities. Muck dredging has a more immediate
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Yakima River ecosystem restoration project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Yakima County recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Yakima River ecosystem restoration project. The $12 million Yakima River Gap-to-Gap Ecosystem Restoration Project will restore ecosystem process, structure, and function in the river’s gap-to-gap reach