Dredging is a method commonly used to excavate subaqueous material.
Dredging is usually associated with the maintenance of waterways and the
creation of new ports facilities and channels; however it is also widely used in the
mining and land reclamation industries. In addition, dredging has been used to
remove contaminated sediments from waterways as a means of environmental
remediation. In the past two decades, dredging activities have become highly
regulated and publicly scrutinized. As such, new methods and technologies have
evolved to transform what was a relatively “sloppy” practice into an “engineered”
activity.
Author: Raymond Sandiford, Port Authority of NY and NJ & Peter Dunlop, Gahagan & Bryant Associates, Inc.
Publisher: DFI