Remedial Design
Industrial practices such as oil refineries and chemical plants commonly leave a long-term legacy of contaminated sediments. Sediment remediation is a costly and challenging undertaking. Design of remediation…
Litigation Support
Sustaining the viability of a maritime recreational and industrial activity depends upon maintaining navigation channels, including depths of approach channels, and berths at marine terminals and marinas…
Puget Sound (USA)
The Puget Sound is a critically important water body to the Seattle and Washington State’s economy (plus it is where the DSI home office is located). It has numerous industry and urban areas along its length raising interest among researchers, industry and the environmental regulatory community…
Persian Gulf (Middle East)
The Persian Gulf is a critically important water body to the world’s economy and understanding oil transport potential hazards. It has numerous industry and urban areas along its length raising interest among researchers, industry and the environmental regulatory community…
New York Harbor (USA)
The New York Harbor is a major shipping, urban and industrial region. It has numerous contaminated sediment sites and CSO discharges along its length raising interest among researchers, industry and the environmental regulatory community…
Nile River (Africa)
The Nile is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world. It is 6,853 km (4,258 miles) long. The Nile is an “international” river as its water resources are shared by eleven countries, namely, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo-Kinshasa…
Murray River Estuary (Australia)
The Murray River has agricultural and other non-point nutrient sources, industry and urban areas raising interest among researchers, industry and the environmental regulatory community. The environmental impact of the barrages (dykes) built in the Murray River Estuary is an area…
Mumbai River (India)
The Ulhas River is a major river flowing through Mumbai, India. This river suffers from pollution because of industry and urban development along its length making it of interest to researchers, industry and the environmental regulatory community…
Mobile Bay (USA)
Mobile Bay is an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, lying within the state of Alabama in the United States. The conversion of natural landscapes around the Bay to agricultural or urban use has eliminated the ecosystem services they provided and negatively impacted submerged aquatic vegetation and…
Mekong River (Vietnam)
The Mekong is a trans-boundary river in Southeast Asia. It is the world’s 12th-longest river and the 7th-longest in Asia. The trans-border issues as well as salinity intrusion and water quality issues makes it of interest among researchers, industry and the environmental regulatory community.
Lake Washington (USA)
Lake Washington is situated adjacent to the city of Seattle and is the second largest natural lake in the State of Washington. Lake Washington is one of the best examples in the world of of a successful lake restoration by the diversion of sewage, and has been extensively studied and researched…
Lake Ontario (Canada USA)
Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is surrounded on the north, west, and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south and east by the American state of New York, whose water boundaries meet in the middle of the lake…
Han River (South Korea)
The Han River or Hangang is a major river in South Korea and the fourth longest river on the Korean peninsula. The river serves as a major water source for Koreans despite significant industrial pollution, making it of concern to researchers, industry and the environmental…
Hangzhou Bay (China)
Hangzhou Bay, or the Bay of Hangzhou is an inlet of the East China Sea, bordered by the province of Zhejiang and the municipality of Shanghai. The Qiantang River flows into the bay. It lies south of Shanghai, and ends at the city of Hangzhou…
Halong Bay (Vietnam)
Hạ Long Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and popular travel destination in Quảng Ninh Province, Vietnam. It receives significant sediment and pollutant loads from the Bach Dong River and smaller rivers discharging directly into the bay…
Guanabara Bay (Brazil)
Guanabara Bay is one of the busiest estuaries in the world and requires constant monitoring of both hydrodynamic and wave regimes to assist port operations. Moreover, the bay is also heavily industrialized and suffers a number of severe environmental and sanitary issues…
Ganges River Estuary (India-Bangladesh)
The Ganges, also known as the Ganga, is a trans-boundary river in South Asia which flows through the nations of India and Bangladesh. It has numerous industry and urban areas along its length raising interest among researchers, industry and the environmental regulatory community…
Danube River (EU)
The Danube is Europe’s second-longest river, after the Volga River, and also the longest river in the European Union region. It is located in Central and Eastern Europe. It has numerous industry and urban areas along its length raising interest among researchers, industry and…
Cook Inlet (USA)
Cook Inlet extends from the Gulf of Alaska to Anchorage in south-central Alaska, USA. Parts of Cook Inlet are designated as critical habitat for beluga whales, making this waterbody of interest to researchers and the environmental regulatory community…
Columbia River Estuary (USA)
The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It has numerous industry and urban areas along its length raising interest among researchers, industry and the environmental regulatory community…