Above the shimmering waters of Salt River Project's Granite Reef Diversion Dam, a scenic view of Red Mountain is on full display, but below the surface, a dirty problem grows. As the key piece of ...

The Amelia Island is a trailing suction hopper dredge. It lowers a long pipe to the seabed and sucks up loose sand. The sand fills a giant internal tank called a hopper. When the tank is full, the ...

Trailing suction hopper dredges are some of the most versatile ships afloat, vacuuming the seabed, carrying soggy sand, and ...

Historic low flows turned the Mississippi River into a construction area in 2023, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged huge quantities of sand to keep the channel open for barge traffic.

A long-awaited dredge has finally arrived and is starting to remove some 70,000 cubic yards of sand that’s clogging the western part of San Elijo Lagoon, restricting tidal flow and causing fish ...

The overall dredging operations on Oceanside Harbor in California wrapped up earlier this month. Initial sand placement began ...

While Southern California's surfing and conservation communities focus on saving Trestles from the proposed toll road, a serious threat to Imperial Beach and the big-wave reef at Tijuana Sloughs is ...

Historic low flows turned the Mississippi River into a construction area in 2023, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged huge quantities of sand to keep the channel open for barge traffic.