Feb 28, 2010

HARS--Learn all about dredging, and what it means to us..

What is HARS?(Historic Area Remediation Site)

Dredging navigation channels, berthing piers and anchorage areas in the Port of New York and New Jersey is necessary to maintain our harbor and it's water dependent facilities (Figure 1). The harbor requires dredging because fine-grained sediments, transported by rivers and within estuaries, settle and accumulate on the sea floor, causing shoaling which interferes with safe navigation. Learn more about dredging, click here

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