EPA Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz recently joined Governor Wes Moore and Lieutenant Governor Aruna Miller to announce new strategies by Maryland for restoring water quality in the Chesapeake and Atlantic coastal bays. The governor ushered in a new phase of Chesapeake and coastal bay restoration
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District is near completion of its Miami Beach project with last sand placement to take place on or about July 29. The present renourishment project is being conducted along four critically eroded sections of the shoreline through a $40.4 million contra
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) have entered into a joint agreement to complete the Port of Iberia AGMAC Channel Dredging Project’s Validation Study. It was announced in March of this year that $1,200,000 in federal funding was succe
The Ohio State legislature passed a bill to prohibit the open water disposal of dredged sediment after July 2020 and recommended to find alternative beneficial uses of the dredged sediment. With open water disposal no longer an option and confined disposal facilities nearing full capacity, innovativ
Tweed Shire Council (NSW) is developing a Coastal Management Program (CMP) as a part of their ongoing commitment to the preservation and protection of the coast and estuaries. The program will be developed over the coming months from research and consultation with experts, stakeholders, and communit
Newt Marine Service, out of Dubuque, Iowa, has won a $8.7 million USACE contract for a Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP project) located on the Wisconsin side of the Upper Mississippi River in Upper Pool 4, near Bay City, Wisconsin. The project, known as the Navigation Systemic
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District and the City of Wabasha (MN) are about to sign a historic river sand management document. The signing ceremony is set for 5:30 p.m., at the National Eagle Center Amphitheater, 50 Pembroke Ave. S. in Wabasha. According to USACE, this document will a
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has announced the completion of shoreline construction at Hurst Creek in Dorchester County, the second of the department’s 24 Resiliency through Restoration Initiative pilot projects. In this project, nearly 1,200 linear feet of living shoreline was compl
The Department of Transport Transport WA has just shared an update on the Teggs/Harbour Channel and Fascine Entryway Dredging Project. According to DoT, the dredge is in the water and ready to commence dredging and sand spit reclamation next week (17th July). Dredging of the more exposed Teggs Chann
DEME’s peephole inspection design for CSD dredge pump is in the running to receive the IADC Safety Award 2023. While performing dredging works on the parts of the Ok Tedi River in Papua New Guinea, DEME faced the following problem: the dredge pump and booster of its Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) kept
Milestone Environmental Contracting Inc., has returned to the site to complete the long-delayed dredging of Chedoke Creek in Hamilton, Ontario. The dredging was originally set to start in 2021, but has been repeatedly put on hold due to the Indigenous group concerns about the environmental aspects o
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District has received a permit application from Virginia Port Authority regarding the Virginia International Gateway terminal dredging project. The proposed project includes a combination of a new and maintenance dredging works to deepen the port terminal ar
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dredging Operations and Environmental Research (DOER) Project team recently published guidance and tools for modernizing dredging evaluations for open water disposal compliance. The team consisted of researchers from ERDC’s Environmental Lab and Information Technolog
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District will construct an underwater sill across the bed of the Mississippi River channel to prevent further upriver progression of salt water from the Gulf of Mexico. The Mississippi River’s volume of water has fallen to a level that allows salt water
