Environment
The environment and its protection are always priorities during dredging projects, but dredging can also be a pro-active tool to improve the environment.
Environmental Aspects of Dredging
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Building with Nature: Sustainable Protection of Mangrove Coasts
Building with Nature is an innovative approach that combines natural processes with innovative engineering methods to realise sustainable projects. Permeable dams are being utilised as part of a Building with Nature solution to help restore the eroding mangrove-mud coast of the Demak district in central Java, Indonesia.
Dredging Sound Levels, Numerical Modelling and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
Underwater sound from anthropogenic sources and its potential adverse effects on the marine environment is a topic of much global interest. This article gives an overview of known sound source levels for various dredging equipment and activities and describes a method used to extrapolate source levels.
Creating Horseshoe Bend Island, Atchafalaya River, Louisiana
As mounds of dredged material placed upriver are dispersed by the river’s current, an island with enriched wildlife has emerged.
Aquapuncture©: Sustainable Future of Inland Waterways
Revitalising and redesigning inland water transportation routes and recreational waterfronts transforms them into vital and viable economic and social engines.
Faunaguard: A Scientific Method for Deterring Marine Fauna
Marine fauna is sensitive to underwater dredging sounds. Scientific research indicates that inducing the fauna to leave an area temporarily before the start of a project minimises serious impacts. And the marine life returns when the dredging is finished.
Reducing Shoaling in the Texas GIWW and Erosion of Barrier Islands Along West Galveston Bay
How to protect the environment of the Texas Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and preserve a crucial economic link as well.