Buffalo River Shipping Channel Cleanup

    Ryba Marine Construction

    Over the course of several years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have worked with many governmental and nonprofit partners in addition to different companies to complete dredging work in a shipping channel of […]
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    developing Alaska buoy platform

    Developing Alaska Buoy Platform

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

    Recent studies into global climate change have identified an increase in Arctic warming rates. These are linked to increased trends toward more sea ice loss that are leading many to anticipate the Arctic will become a more popular shipping route. […]
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    North Caspian Sea dredging

    Northern Caspian Sea Dredging

    Gravity Environmental Consulting

    Kazakhstan is a country not often associated with having a shoreline, let alone a marine environment. However, in the western corner of Kazakhstan lies a section of coastline along the Caspian Sea. Through a network of rivers and channels, the […]
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    Bermuda North Channel dredging

    Bermuda North Channel Dredging

    CH2M HILL

    Similar to how shipping vessels are getting larger and larger these days, cruise ships have too. Newly designed cruise vessels are longer, wider and packed with more amenities to give guests the best trips possible. But there are costs to […]
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    Kadettangen beach construction project

    Kadettangen Beach Construction Project

    Cautus Geo

    Not far from Oslo, Norway, a massive effort is underway to expand a public beachfront. The work is taking place along an area of Oslofjord called Kadettangen, a small peninsula that juts out into the bay. Once the work is […]
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    San Diego Bay dredging

    San Diego Bay Dredging

    Anchor QEA

    To clean up environmental contaminants released in its waters going back to the 1960s, the San Diego Regional Water Control Board ordered dredging actions to begin in San Diego Bay in March 2012. The plan of approach was clear: A […]
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    Algae Bloom Monitoring Network

    Oklahoma Water Resources Board

    When the tourist season heats up in northeastern Oklahoma each year, the number of people flocking to Grand Lake o’ the Cherokees puts its population high enough to compete with that of larger cities in the state, including Oklahoma City […]
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    Kerr Dam Discharge Effects

    Oklahoma Water Resources Board

    Monitoring the water quality of calm water bodies like lakes is a lot different than tracking that of a moving river. Things can be especially tough when heavy rains roll through and push flows and levels to new heights. But […]
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    Sodus Bay Buoy Network

    SUNY - ESF

    Nine million people living around Lake Ontario depend on it for drinking water, according to the Lake Ontario Waterkeeper. And many of those live in Upstate New York in towns like Oswego, Rochester and Syracuse. Far from going out into […]
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    Expanding algal bloom monitoring network

    Expanding Algal Bloom Monitoring Network

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

    Just one year after the Toledo water crisis of August 2014, federal, state and local agencies have stepped up to make sure that cities around Lake Erie’s western basin continue to have access to safe drinking water. Much of assuring […]
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