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Determining Placement Areas Sustainability

What Was the Need?

Placement areas for dredged material from the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) are a responsibility of the State of Texas. Given population and industrial growth along the coastline and the continual need for dredging, it is important to use the sites efficiently and ensure their integrity.

What's the Solution?

The research team will identify an area on the GIWW where placement areas are in danger of being breached by erosion, wave energies, or navigation activities. This will be done by consulting users, state agencies, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Using this as a test case, the research team will develop a process for identifying measures to be taken that will mitigate against these influences, thereby extending the life of placement areas, reducing the frequency and/or amount of dredging, and enhancing navigational safety. The research team will incorporate the lessons learned into the development of a decision tool that can be used to evaluate other sections of the GIWW in a similar manner and develop measures and strategies that will maximize the life and holding capacity of placement areas.

Project Number

0-6962

Status

Completed

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Project Details

Start Date

9/1/2017

End Date

10/31/2018

Performing Institution(s)

Texas A & M Transportation Institute (TTI)

Research Team

RS: C. James Kruse

Sponsor

Project Manager

Wade Odell

Contract Specialist

Patti Dathe

TxDOT Advisor

Matt Mahoney, MRT

Amount Funded

FY18: $302,900
FY19: $9,000

Notes

See paper in Coastal Sediments 2019 - Proceedings Of The 9th International Conference

Source

TxDOT RTI

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Functional Area

Planning and Environmental

Index Terms

Dredging
Intracoastal waterways
Erosion

Lead University

TTI

Researcher

Kruse, C. James

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Record Added:

10/19/2017

Record Updated:

1/12/2023 5:31 AM EST

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