Sentences with phrase «sand dredging»

«The country's failure to mitigate the social and ecological cost of sand dredging represents hypocrisy on a grand scale.

This project has wreaked havoc on the region's coastlines, with Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia having all now announced bans on sand dredging for export due to environmental concerns.

Not exact matches

In that time more than 500 tons of limy sand and dead coral have been jetted away with hoses and sucked and resucked through the maws of dredges, each cubic foot of it tediously searched for the small trinkets and fragments of the wreck.

Army Corps of Engineers records at the Wilmette Historical Society studied by the Tribune indicate that sand was dredged from the harbor and dumped just to the south in 1976 and 1978 on the neighboring Baha'i lakefront property, which is specifically mentioned on hand - drawn maps of the area.

Adding additional «external» sand to the project through off - shore mining or from mainland sources would increase the need to dredge Cotuit channel to keep it from closing.

The McGreevys» persistence paid off this week with Congressman Tim Bishop's announcement that the Army Corps has accepted responsibility and will dredge the inlet, eliminating a navigational hazard as well, and pump the sand east to rebuild the damaged beach.

Those materials, like silt and sand, are dredged by the Corps from waterways — mainly in Connecticut — to keep them navigable.

(CNN)- The White House has ordered BP to fully fund Louisiana's plan to dredge up walls of sand to protect coastal marshes from the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal announced Wednesday.

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has inaugurated the dredging, reclamation and sand - filling of Bakana and Abalama coastal towns as part of the regeneration of riverine towns in the state.

Cities need to add a layer of preparedness, such as land - use restrictions in flood - prone areas, provisions for groundwater pumping and regular dredging in some areas to minimize silt and sand deposits on riverbeds following heavy rainfall.

We would much prefer them to take sand for beach replenishment from existing dredging areas.»

The sand berm concept originated with a Dutch engineering and dredging company, which pitched it to Louisiana officials in May.

As California reels from record - breaking erosion following punishing waves last winter, the federal government is turning to mud and sand from dredging projects to slow land losses and ease flooding nationwide as seas rise and storms intensify.

The Dredging segment involves in the enhancement or preservation of navigability of waterways or the protection of shorelines through the removal or replenishment of soil, sand or rock.

Beginning in 1912, over 360,000 yards of mud and sand were dredged up from the Bay to fill in the swampy wetland along the Presidio waterfront.

After thrashed the area, the beaches were rebuilt with dredged up seafloor sand, which consists of coarser grains.

Because new sand had to be dredged in to rebuild the beaches, gone is the fine white powder beach.

Beachgoers and boaters again are wondering when the Oceanside harbor will get its annual dredging, which keeps the entrance open and supplies sand for the nearby beach.

As John Russell wrote, Rauschenberg «sieved the dredged filth of New York City as a prospector sieves the sand of the riverbed: for gold.»

The grand estate was built to host travelers for the 1893 Columbian Exposition and was said to contain land «enhanced» or fabricated by the developer after dredging sand from Lake Michigan, dumping it on shore, -LSB-...]

Now there is not only one, it was an entire collection where he dredged up decades old paintings that he sanded down and sort of refinished.

Coastal erosion occurs due to a combination of factors, including sea level rise, loss of sand supply (from the damming of rivers, shoreline structures that interrupt along - shore sand transport, dredging projects, and the paving of watersheds), and geologic changes in the land.

The coastal models are so flawed that Pilkey recommends dredging up a lot of sand and dumping it on the beach «willy - nilly» and he predicts you would end up with the same result, minus the «false mathematical certitude.»

Cambodia's sand - dredging industry poses a huge risk to its coastal environment, threatening endangered species, fish stocks and local livelihoods.

There is no evidence that basic environmental safeguards have been applied, with boats reportedly turning up and dredging sand, often in protected areas, with no local consultation.

Now the authorities are dredging the surrounding reefs and using sand to raise the level of the main island which is most densely populated.

They jacked up the buildings and deposited dredged sand beneath the raised structures and built a large seawall for further protection.They could attempt the same in New Orleans to raise some of the lower sections of the city above sea level.

As California reels from record - breaking erosion following punishing waves last winter, the federal government is turning to mud and sand from dredging projects to slow land losses and ease flooding nationwide as seas rise and storms intensify.

A bulldozer is used to push sand from a discharge pipe into place during a federally funded shore protection project by Great Lakes Dredge and Dock on May 17, 2013 in Fort Pierce, Florida.

Dredge feasibility study - A feasibility study to examine the potential for dredging for harbour maintenance and possibly beach renourishment or sand placement to address sea level rise.

- The community wants to further explore the possibility of dredging off - reef sand to renourish the island beaches.