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Information Required of Dredging of Costal Water Ways

Information Required of Dredging of Costal Water Ways

Information Required of Dredging of Costal Water Ways

(OP)
Hi We are a small community in Queensland Australia and have been trying to research legislation and gidelines for the Dredging of coastal creeks and bays which have silted up over the past 20 years.
Thankyou

RE: Information Required of Dredging of Costal Water Ways

(OP)
good for you! You have no life!

RE: Information Required of Dredging of Costal Water Ways

Well, it looks like uraloser and coolooa should take this outside.

In the US dredging of coastal waterways that haven't been dredged in many years is a substantial undertaking, mostly from the permitting and dredged material disposal side of things. I am not familiar with Austraila's laws concerning disposal of dredged material, but I'm sure your local government, especially whomever oversees environmental issues, would point you in the right direction - not to mention probably supply you with the right documents, etc.

If I take uraloser's response in a different vein, I bet that the beaurocratic hoops are such that doing any sort of maintenance dredging in Australia is simply impossible - hence the task is futile; you'd be better off trying to push a round rock up a sloping hill. This, owing to possibly near-total opposition to such work. My advice: Hire an environmental engineering consultant with appropriate experience and get ready for a lot of leg work.

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