dredging

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Dredging would solve the problem in the long term.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Dredging started in late April and is expected to take three years, according to Igua, the company that recently assumed control of water and sewage in the city’s western neighborhoods.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2024

Dredging, the construction of dams and reservoirs, and other human activities on the river are one factor.

From Scientific American • Oct. 12, 2023

Dredging is also costly, sometimes harmful to the environment, and can weaken riverbanks as well as the foundations of bridges and weirs.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2022

Reports on the Results of Dredging Operations from 1877 to 1880, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake," Lieut.

From Notes on Philippine Birds Collected by Governor W. Cameron Forbes Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zo?logy at Harvard College, Vol. LXV. No. 4. by Bangs, Outram