Posts for tag "dredging"
Environmental Dredging and Remedial Construction
Dredging has become increasingly more important as pollutants impact wildlife and communities living near and far from water.
- Posted October 3, 2022
Tracking Discharge From A Confined Disposal Facility
Tetra Tech engineers use a cellular data logger and YSI EXO2 in tracking discharge from a confined disposal facility during a New Jersey dredging project.
- Posted August 29, 2016
Hudson River Dredging Project Nears End
A five-year project to dredge the Hudson River is nearing completion, according to National Public Radio. Its aim has been to remove two-thirds of the PCBs dumped in the river prior to the 1970s by General Electric....
- Posted June 12, 2015
New dredging site turbidity monitoring guide available from Fondriest Environmental
Fondriest Environmental, our faithful publisher here at the Environmental Monitor, has released a guide to turbidity monitoring at dredging sites. The guide is available as a PDF document or in a web format on Fondriest’s online Fundamentals...
- Posted November 13, 2014
Sensors watch water quality near Folsom Dam spillway construction
An engineering firm's novel water quality monitoring strategy is keeping the a California flood protection construction project on schedule while protecting the environment.
- Posted December 18, 2013
Dredging underway in $80 million Grand Calumet River cleanup
Dredging is underway on the East Branch of the Grand Calumet River as part of an $80 million effort to remove contaminated sediment and restore habitat.
- Posted August 2, 2013
Dredging found to reduce fish biodiversity
Researchers at Penn State University find that dredging projects may reduce fish diversity, according to a release. Dredging is usually undertaken to remove detrimental sediment from a waterway. The investigators looked at 15 sites along the Allegheny...
- Posted June 21, 2013
