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Dredging in the Great Lakes Region What's New | General Resources | Publications | Related Resources 
What's New EDITORIAL: Managing lakes calls for patience The Saginaw News (5/8) From Sebewaing to Saugatuck to Sault Ste. Marie, the question is always the same: Where did all the water go? Ohio EPA orders Ashtabula to dispose of toxic soil Ashtabula Star Beacon (5/7) Ashtabula city officials will have to cough up about $192,500 to remove toxic soil off the bank of the Ashtabula River by July 31. Lake Superior is 10 inches higher than May 2007 Duluth News Tribune (5/6) The level of Lake Superior rose 6 inches in April, double the usual increase for the month, and is closest to its monthly average than any time since July 2006. EDITORIAL: Manmade cures may not fix Great Lakes The Ann Arbor News (5/6) Don't look for a manmade cure for plunging lake levels. There may not be a simple fix. Lake-level study could lead to action The Muskegon Chronicle (5/2) Government officials studying sinking Great Lakes water levels said they are hoping for a big crowd at a public hearing on the issue Saturday in Muskegon. Lt. Gov. John Cherry clears way for Saginaw River dredging spoils site MLive.com (5/1) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has won the battle over a dredging site to hold 20 years worth of spoils from the Upper Saginaw River. Under a compromise worked out in a private meeting with Lt. Gov. John Cherry, the DEQ won't require a slurry wall or groundwater permit for the site.
General Resources Coastal Engineering Advisory Services Program University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute The programs goals are to develop a method for more precise, cost-effective measurement of the areas of contaminated sediment and to provide an improved, more accurate method to evaluate the risk to coastal properties from high water and storms. Dredging Projects U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Great Lakes Regional Headquarters This site explains the dredging process and links to sites with more Great Lakes dredging information. Environmental Dredging U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Great Lakes Regional Headquarters Contaminated sediments have been dredged for environmental remediation at more than 30 Great Lakes sites. (Section 312 of WRDA 1990, as amended.) Great Lakes Dredging Team The GLDT is a partnership of federal and state agencies created to assure that the dredging throughout the Great Lakes is conducted in a timely and cost-effective manner while meeting environmental protection, restoration and enhancement goals. Great Lakes Tributary Modeling Program A cooperative initiative of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Great Lakes Regional Headquarters) and the Great Lakes Commission to develop sediment transport models for tributaries to the Great Lakes that discharge to federal navigation channels or Areas of Concern.
Publications Dredging and the Great Lakes Great Lakes Commission and Great Lakes Dredging Team A booklet published in October 1999 that highlights issues such as the beneficial use of dredged material, the role of sedimentation, the dredging connection with commercial navigation and the citizen's role in the dredging process. Great Lakes Dredged Material Testing & Evaluation Manual U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) A regional testing manual for evaluating potential impacts of contaminants from dredged material proposed for discharge to the Great Lakes, connecting channels and tributaries.
Related Resources GLIN: Agencies and Organizations, Maritime GLIN: Contaminated Sediments in the Great Lakes Region GLIN: Ecosytem Management in the Great Lakes Region GLIN: Maritime in the Great Lakes Region | |
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