Dredging for a new Port - Puerto Bolivar, Colombia
A major coal export terminal at Bahia Portete, Colombia, is being developed as part of the Cerrejon Coal Project - North Zone, where one of the world's largest coal mines...
Feasibility Study of Use of Dredged Material as Sanitary Landfill Cover in the New York/New Jersey Harbor Area
The feasibility of use of dewatered dredged material as cover material at landfills in the New York/New Jersey Harbor area has been investigated by the New York District, U. S. Army Corps...
Selection of Dredged Material Disposal Sites
Federal and state legislation regulating dredging of navigation channels along Maryland's Eastern Shore requires that local governing bodies provide the dredged material disposal...
Environmental Considerations of Thalweg Disposal
Disposal of dredged material in the thalweg or deepest portion of the Upper Mississippi River is one of several disposal alternatives that can be utilized. Aside from the mechanical/cost...
Cost-Effective Design for Urban Lakes Dredging
The design of a dredging project for an urban lake is usually more complex than for lakes in rural areas. Three areas are special problems particular to the urban lake: chemical quality...
Placing of Impermeable Underwater Membranes
An impermeable underwater membrane has been applied successfully in the construction of a lowered road section in the Netherlands. In this paper the construction technique is discussed...
Impacts of an Overboard Disposal Operation
The objective of this study was to establish an acceptable dredge disposal site which would be physically and environmentally suitable for periodic use over the 50-year project life of...
Settlement and Stability of Ocean Disposal Mounds
This study examines the engineering behavior of dredged material disposal mounds in Long Island Sound. The study area is located about eight miles off the coast of New Haven where several...
The London Dumping Convention and Its Role in Regulating Dredged Material: An Update
The United States is signatory to an international treaty that is implemented through the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (London...
Tampa Harbor Florida Deepening Project
Tampa Harbor is one of the largest dredging projects ever undertaken by the Corps of Engineers. The major features of the deepening project which presented the greatest problems were the...
Development of an Estuary-Wide Mitigation Strategy for Future
The Tampa Port Authority has been active in the regional bay study committee which identified two priority needs which relate very directly to the port's long-term development...
Fabric-Reinforced Dikes, Craney Island
Three fabric-reinforced test sections 300-, 400-, and 750-ft long were successfully constructed on very soft dredged material deposits within the Craney Island dredged material disposal...
Management Strategy for Disposal of Dredged Material
The diversity of disposal alternatives and techniques for management of contaminated dredged material requires the development of an overall management strategy for disposal. The selection...
Dredged Material Disposal Modeling - Chesapeake Bay
A plan to deepen the approach channels to Baltimore Harbor from 42 feet to 50 feet involves in part the overboard disposal of about 9. 5 million cubic yards of dredged material in the...
An Offshore Mound Constructed of Dredged Material
The concept of using dredged material to intentionally construct an underwater mound was tested and confirmed at the Dam Neck Disposal Site, 4 miles offshore Virginia Beach, Virginia....
The Maryland Dredge and Fill Permit Process Handbook
Safe navigation in the waters of the State of Maryland is made possible, in part, by the continued maintenance dredging of the State's many ports and waterways. Dredging projects...
Confined Disposal in the Canadian Great Lakes
The dredging activities of Public Works Canada, Ontario Region, extend over most of the Canadian Great Lakes thereby significantly impacting on its environment. The paper presents a brief...
RCRA EP Toxicity Test Applied to Dredged Material
A set of 25 Great Lakes harbor sediment samples were subjected to bulk sediment analysis and the EP Toxicity Test. Based on the results of this pilot study, there appears to be little,...
Solving Channel Maintenance Problems at Reads Landing, MN
Dredging a sediment trap at the delta of the Chippewa River is being tested as a channel maintenance technique. It's designed to improve the Corps of Engineers predictive...
Management of Dredged Material Disposal Areas
Procedures and techniques that have been used successfully in Charleston, S. C. for planning management of disposal areas are outlined and explained. The following are some of the issues...
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