The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) has just announced the release of the Journal of Dredging Volume 19 - Issue 2, which provides the dissemination of technical and project information on dredging engineering topics.
When a chemical cargo ship sinks in Sri Lanka, locals fear the worst Environmental News
Colombo, Sri Lanka – It has been the same routine for more than a week on Pamunugama beach in the Western Province of Sri Lanka, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the capital Colombo.
Sri Lankan naval officers arrive in hazmatic clothing and begin collecting plastic pellets resembling fish that were washed ashore on May 20 after a fire broke out in a chemical cargo ship.
Authorities are now pushing for the possibility of an oil spill after the sinking of the MV X-Press Pearl Island, a Singapore-registered island off the nation’s west coast, in the worst environmental disaster man has ever committed.
Of great significance for the region is an additional $500,000 for the Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency Study, a new start project that includes the three USACE Great Lakes districts – Buffalo, Chicago and Detroit – with a goal to create a plan identifying vulnerable coastal areas and recommending actions to bolster the coastal areas’ ability to withstand, recover from and adapt to future hydrologic uncertainty with respect to the built and natural coastal environments.
The Chicago District will also receive $500,000 for the Chicago Shoreline General Reevaluation Report. The GRR will determine if a new federal shoreline project is justified by reevaluating portions of the shoreline not constructed under the 1999 Water Resources Development Act. It will also consider protection challenges exacerbated by high-lake levels in recent years.
The President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2022 includes about $6.8 billion in gross discretionary funding for the Civil Works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, including about $100 million in funding for the USACE Chicago District.