Taking the 'Dred' Out of Dredging

摘要

Dredging is always such a "dreaded" word. The word dredging typically induces images of heavy machinery crushing the surrounding landscape, road- ways that are rutted and muddy, and the odor of organic material that can't be forgotten soon enough. But dredging doesn't always require draining the pond or lake and destroying aquatic environments. There are basically two types of dredging when it comes to removing silt, sediment and other organic and inorganic accumula- tion from ponds, lakes, streams and other waterways; mechanical and hydraulic.