Project Update

The 2011 dredging and processing season began on April 18 and concluded in mid-August. Capping and covering operations resumed on May 2 and wrapped up on October 31. 

Progress in 2011...

  • Estimated volume of sediment dredged - 239,414 cubic yards
  • Estimated amount of processed sediment produced - 100,358 tons
  • Estimated tonnage hauled to landfill - 107,310 tons
  • Truckloads to landfill - 4,507
  • Water treated and discharged to the river - 331,600,000 gallons
  • Spreader area coverage - 118.87 acres
  • Total area of river bottom capped or covered - 92 acres

As of early December, the project has topped 941,000 work hours without a lost time incident (not including transportation hours). 

 

In 2010, the project dredged more than 720,000 cubic yards of sediment for a two year total of approximately 1.2 million cubic yards.       

Totals for 2010...

  • Estimated volume of sediment dredged - 720,759 cubic yards 
  • Estimated amount of processed sediment produced 365,627 tons 
  • Estimated tonnage hauled to landfill - 378,291 tons 
  • Truckloads to landfill - 16,050
  • Water treated and discharged to the river - 881,430,000 gallons
  • No capping or covering took place in 2010.   

Totals for 2009...

  • Estimated volume of sediment dredged - 541,218 cubic yards (exceeded the 2009 target of 468,000 cubic yards dredged by more than 15%) 
  • Amount of processed sediment hauled to landfill - 335,207 tons
  • Truckloads to landfill - 14,131
  • Total area of river bottom capped or covered - 68 acres  
  • Water treated and discharged to the river - 715,028,000 gallons
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