July 06, 2017
Down in New Orleans officials are experimenting with how to restore decades of wetlands that have been lost due to rising salinity levels in the surrounding bayous. The Central Wetlands CIAP Wastewater Assimilation Project will provide fresh water and nutrient to reduce salinity and encourage plant growth by redirecting and reusing some treated wastewater and......
Congress Votes for Levee Safety
July 06, 2017
Following years of experts calling for a more unified approach to managing the nations known 30,000 miles of levees (with estimations as high as 100,000 miles when considering known and unknown miles of levees) in 2014 Congress passed the national Levee Safety Initiative. The new national Levee Safety Initiative will promote consistent safety standards, establish......
Green and Grey Solutions to Flood Control
July 06, 2017
In 2011 the Souris River City overtopped its bank and flooded the city of Minot, North Dakota and nearby towns. The resulting flood damaged or destroyed more than 4,000 homes and about 200 businesses and is estimated to have caused $700 million in damage. The city focused resilient rebuilding and recovering from the storm and......
Elementary School Designed to Withstand Tsunami
July 06, 2017
The new Ocosta Elementary School in Westport, Washington, sits about 4,000 ft inland from the Pacific Ocean. Not far to the west of the picturesque site, however, lies the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Once thought to pose a minimal threat to coastal residents, alarm has grown for decades as researchers come to better understand the subduction......
Stationary Reading Bikes Help Power School
July 06, 2017
Avoca Elementary School in Avoca, Michigan began a new “Green Read and Ride” program near the end of the 2015-2016 school year and is continuing the innovative program. The bikes are equipped with a bookstand and generate electricity for the school as the students ride. The program is believed to the first of its kind......
July 06, 2017
When refrigerated vessel ships are in port, the ships have historically kept their auxiliary engines running to keep perishable items cold. The Port of Hueneme’s Grid-Connected Shore Power System offers an alternative way to power the ships instead of diesel fuel, dramatically reducing the environmental impact. Over the next 30 years, greenhouse gases will be......
July 06, 2017
Time is money, and waiting is expensive. That’s why ports, including Oakland and Seattle-Tacoma, are using smartphone apps that provide real-time information about cargo pick-up and delivery times, known in the industry as turn times. The two apps, DrayQ™ and DrayLink™, work together so drivers can know their wait times and move containers smarter, respectively using......
July 06, 2017
The Port of Savannah, the fourth-largest and fastest growing container port in the country, is conveniently located near I-95, a major interstate that runs along the east coast. However, until recently there was no direct connection from the Port to the interstate. The Jimmy DeLoach Connector is a limited access highway that delivers trucks right......
July 06, 2017
With mega-ships coming to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, it is becoming increasingly necessary to automate terminal operations so that goods can be unloaded more quickly and routed to their final destinations. The TraPac Terminal at the Port of Los Angeles is now using auto straddle carriers that are controlled via magnets......
Handy Companion for a Trip on the Inland Waterways
July 06, 2017
Knowledge is power when it comes to planning a trip. That’s not only true for the average driver; it also applies to those who pilot the vessels that travel the inland waterways. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recently launched its own version of Waze, the Lock Operations Management Application or LOMA. Lock operators,......
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