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Dredger Summary
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River channels and estuaries sometimes become obstructed by accumulations of silt or by submerged objects. This can result in the blockage of transportation routes or even in flooding. A dredger is a self-powered barge-like vessel that is used...
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Dredge : Environmental Health Terms
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The widening or deepening of a body of water by the physical removal of mud and silt from the bottom. In fishing it is a method of catching fish and shellfish by dragging a net along the bottom of the sea to catch the animals living there. Dredging is...
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Dredging Summary
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Dredging is a process to remove sediment. Dredging sediment to construct new ports and navigational waterways or maintain existing ones is essential for vessels to be able to enter shallow areas. Maintenance dredging is required because sediment...


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Mining Magazine
Dredging.
03/01/1997: 4,527 words, approx. 15 pages
John Chadwick examines changes in use, new trends and environmental concerns The extreme depression of the tin market has caused a shift in emphasis in dredging. The massive fleet of dredges that used to operate in Malaysia, up to 62 vessels, has...
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The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
Dredging Deal
12/21/1997: 939 words, approx. 3 pages
TINA TRASTER, Staff Writer The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 12-21-1997 DREDGING DEAL -- MARINAS WEIGH DEVELOPER'S OFFER By TINA TRASTER, Staff Writer Date: 12-21-1997, Sunday Section: NEWS Edition: All Editions -- Sunday In the past decade, Jay La Verghetta, owner of the...
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Dredging may not eliminate contaminants
6/5/2007: 413 words, approx. 1 pages
Contaminated sediments in rivers and bays from coast to coast pose an environmental hazard, and while dredging reduces the sediment it doesn't always solve the problem, the National Research Council reported Tuesday.Inevitably dredging leaves some contamination behind, and in some cases further treatment is necessary,...
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Dredging channel sparks Hindu furor
9/16/2007: 570 words, approx. 2 pages
For the new India and its booming economy, the idea seemed eminently sensible: dredge a shipping channel between India and the nearby island of Sri Lanka, cutting voyages between the subcontinent's coasts by up to 30 hours. What could religion possibly have to do with...
 


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