Sediment as a Regional Resource in the Low-Commercial-Use Navigation Program, Mathews County, VA

Abstract

This Coastal and Hydraulics Engineering Technical Note (CHETN) describes a case study in which a Regional Sediment Management (RSM) strategy was developed in Mathews County, VA. The RSM effort began after severe shoaling had occurred in some of the County s Federal navigation channels following several years of no maintenance dredging. The County realized that low funding levels for dredging low-commercial-use Federal channels would likely persist into the future. Yet the County desires continued US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE or Corps) involvement in future maintenance dredging. This CHETN describes how the RSM initiative facilitated discussions to identify opportunities for future dredging while respecting the performance-based budgeting guidance in the USACE low-commercial-use navigation program. This effort was supported by the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) RSM Program, and the US Army Engineer District, Norfolk (NAO).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA601646

Entities

People

  • Donna Milligan
  • Douglas Stamper
  • Jeffrey Swallow
  • Scott Hardaway

Organizations

  • Engineer Research and Development Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Boundaries
  • Chesapeake Bay
  • Climate Change
  • Engineering
  • Environmental Restoration And Remediation
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Geographic Regions
  • Habitats
  • Materials
  • Navigation
  • Oceanography
  • Sea Level
  • Sea Level Rise
  • Sediments
  • Virginia
  • Water Resources

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Archaeological Resource Survey
  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Naval Engineering and Maritime Security