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Dredging
Apr 20, 2017 20:01:16 GMT
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Post by thebfg on Apr 20, 2017 20:01:16 GMT
I know I'm late to the party only having just read the canal paper.
But, what is this hydrodynamic dredging business where they dredge one area and drop it back in another. What's the point of that? Ok it saves paying to get rid of it bit won't it just mean they will keep dredging the same bit of silt over and over again just moving it around?
I see there only planing on doing proper dredging in 86 places across the canal and river network over the next 12 years.
That's not all for 5 million quid.
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Post by bodger on Apr 20, 2017 20:22:21 GMT
Properly managed, the dredging should remove silt from where it habitually collects, and move it to a location where natural scouring will move it down-river. All flowing water has the potential to carry a base-load of silt, mainly related to the velocity of the flow, which is why you see silt and mud at the mouth of rivers as they enter the sea and the velocity drops to nearly zero (think - Thames or Severn estuaries).
I can't comment on dredging canals where there is no significant flow.
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Dredging
Apr 20, 2017 20:38:52 GMT
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Post by thebfg on Apr 20, 2017 20:38:52 GMT
Yes rivers would make sone sort of sense, but as you say canals
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Post by naughtyfox on Apr 21, 2017 7:48:58 GMT
Running a huge vacuum cleaner with a soft brush along the bed of canals is the answer, as I have said all along. People want things to be complicated and difficult as, in that, there's oodles of dosh to be made. Canals pounds should also be regularly emptied (once a year?) to clear out the larger objects - mattresses, stolen mopeds, cat baskets with skeletons still inside them.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2017 19:58:53 GMT
I know I'm late to the party only having just read the canal paper. But, what is this hydrodynamic dredging business where they dredge one area and drop it back in another. What's the point of that? Ok it saves paying to get rid of it bit won't it just mean they will keep dredging the same bit of silt over and over again just moving it around? I see there only planing on doing proper dredging in 86 places across the canal and river network over the next 12 years. That's not all for 5 million quid. By 2020, I'm expecting to see the first canal closure (owing to it being too expensive to maintain).
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Dredging
Apr 21, 2017 20:30:25 GMT
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Post by thebfg on Apr 21, 2017 20:30:25 GMT
I know I'm late to the party only having just read the canal paper. But, what is this hydrodynamic dredging business where they dredge one area and drop it back in another. What's the point of that? Ok it saves paying to get rid of it bit won't it just mean they will keep dredging the same bit of silt over and over again just moving it around? I see there only planing on doing proper dredging in 86 places across the canal and river network over the next 12 MONTHS . That's all for 5 million quid. I've just correct by stupid errors sorry
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Post by naughtyfox on Apr 22, 2017 7:53:39 GMT
Will we be dredging our pockets for our last coins now that the licence fees have been increased?
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Dredging
Apr 22, 2017 8:01:01 GMT
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Post by kris on Apr 22, 2017 8:01:01 GMT
Will we be dredging our pockets for our last coins now that the licence fees have been increased? they haven't been increased yet! But it's looking like they are planning big increases for cc'ers and widebeams.
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Apr 22, 2017 9:39:34 GMT
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Post by thebfg on Apr 22, 2017 9:39:34 GMT
Will we be dredging our pockets for our last coins now that the licence fees have been increased? they haven't been increased yet! But it's looking like they are planning big increases for cc'ers and widebeams. I await the new reason for not moving is can't afford to.
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Apr 22, 2017 10:36:00 GMT
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Post by kris on Apr 22, 2017 10:36:00 GMT
they haven't been increased yet! But it's looking like they are planning big increases for cc'ers and widebeams. I await the new reason for not moving is can't afford to. ??
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Post by naughtyfox on Apr 22, 2017 11:45:16 GMT
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Post by bodger on Apr 22, 2017 12:19:21 GMT
they haven't been increased yet! But it's looking like they are planning big increases for cc'ers and widebeams. I await the new reason for not moving is can't afford to. ?? referring to non-continuous moorers cruisers using our beautiful waterways as a low-rent home ??
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Dredging
Apr 22, 2017 12:33:43 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2017 12:33:43 GMT
I've always thought that draining pounds regularly for maintenance (in winter) would be a good idea as it would also help get people moving. could do one at a time.
Jenlyn - which canals do you think might close by 2020? Interesting view but I really don't think so apart perhaps from some dead end ditches here and there which have been restored by overenthusiastic volunteers with a short term view.
I actually think the K&A might be closed relatively soon but talking 10+ years.
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Dredging
Apr 22, 2017 12:43:57 GMT
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Post by kris on Apr 22, 2017 12:43:57 GMT
thats just the annual increase, not the mega increases they are planing.
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Post by naughtyfox on Apr 22, 2017 13:33:28 GMT
I'm beginning to warm to bodger.
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