U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced that his legislation to bolster efforts to maintain commercial river traffic during droughts and floods was approved by the U.S. Senate as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 2013. Specifically, the legislation would authorize a study of the entire Mississippi River Basin, for the first time ever, [...]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, announced that the Western Lake Erie Basin is one of 11 new locations selected for revitalization efforts by the Urban Waters Federal Partnership. First launched in 2011, the Urban Waters Federal Partnership works to reconnect [...]
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has informed the shipping, harbour craft and pleasure craft communities in Singapore’s waters that dredging project at the Ayer Merbau Basin and its vicinity will commence on April 10, 2013. The dredging and construction works will be carried out by the grab dredger and crane barge. The grab [...]
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has informed the shipping, harbour craft and pleasure craft communities in Singapore’s waters that the Benoi Basin dredging project is scheduled for April 10, 2013. These dredging works will be carried out by the grab dredgers, which will be held by a 4-point anchoring system. The dredgers, with [...]
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has informed the shipping, harbour craft and pleasure craft communities in Singapore’s waters that the Southern Tuas Basin dredging works are currently underway. The completion of this dredging program is scheduled for May 15, 2013. Dredging works will be carried out by grab dredgers. These dredgers will be [...]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District, will hold four public open houses during the last week of March as part of the update process of the Water Control Manual (WCM) for the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa (ACT) River Basin Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). The public is invited to attend the meetings which will provide [...]
Toxic releases into surface waters in the Great Lakes Basin increased by 12 percent from 2010 to 2011, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s annual Toxics Release Inventory report published yesterday. Nationwide, toxic surface water discharges decreased by 3 percent. “This is a significant increase in toxic releases to our waters – and an [...]
![Dredging on Santee Boat Basin Set for December (USA)]()
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission announced that the Santee Recreation Area boat basin will be temporarily closed on Dec. 3. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will dredge the basin to improve boating access. The basin and boat ramp, located just east of Santee in Knox County, will be closed for approximately two weeks. [...]
The latest anti-farmer comments by Jay Weatherill demonstrate just how arrogant and irrational the South Australian Premier has become in the Murray-Darling Basin plan debate, Victorian Water Minister Peter Walsh said today. “Mr Weatherill wants a Basin Plan that would not only cause substantial and sustained flooding in Victoria, but would also risk flooding his [...]
Minister for Water Tony Burke will continue to work closely with the Basin States over the coming weeks to finalise the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. The Basin States, South Australia, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Queensland, last night reached further consensus on the details of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, but there is [...]
