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Ohio State and Federal Agencies Look to Beneficial Use as Open-Lake Disposal Ban Approaches OH-Beneficial-use

Ohio State and Federal Agencies Look to Beneficial Use as Open-Lake Disposal Ban Approaches

July 17, 2018

The State of Ohio has many reasons to be thinking about dredged material – its confined disposal facilities (CDFs) are reaching their capacity, and as of July 2020, open-lake placement… Read More

Great Lakes Turning to Beneficial Use as CDFs Reach Capacity; Ohio Sets its Sights on Commerical Uses for Dredged Material

July 17, 2018

For our Special Theme on Inland Waterways (lakes and rivers), I talked with many agencies about beneficial use in Ohio harbors. The state is taking major strides in finding innovative… Read More

Beneficial Use in the Illinois River Valley: Manufacturing Soil from Dredged Material Drying-Fine-Soil-Peoria-Lake

Beneficial Use in the Illinois River Valley: Manufacturing Soil from Dredged Material

May 14, 2018

On March 19, the Great Lakes Dredging Team hosted a webinar with Chuck Theiling from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) to discuss methods… Read More

St. Paul District Uses Federal Beneficial Use Program to Study Island Creation in Upper Mississippi 00_Pigs_Eye_Lake_Ramsey_County_02282018-6-7

St. Paul District Uses Federal Beneficial Use Program to Study Island Creation in Upper Mississippi

May 14, 2018

In March 2018, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District released the Draft Feasibility Study Report and Integrated Environmental Assessment for the Pigs Eye Lake project in Ramsey… Read More