Date
11 May 1984, 8:00 am - 10:30 am
Abstract
Material dredged from the Delaware River is being stored on land in areas surrounded by man-made dikes. In the past, the height of these dikes had been increased in order to provide the needed additional storage space. However, existing land configuration and the high water table in the storage areas, together with the high water content and low strength of the stored dredged materials prohibit further increases of the dike height. A system of interconnected drainage trenches, excavated inside these areas and discharging into the river, was used to lower both the water table and the water content of the dredged materials to a degree that they could be used in the construction of new and higher dikes, thus providing the additional storage space needed.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
1st Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1984 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Chryssafopoulos, Nicholas, "The Creation of Additional Space for the Storage of Dredged Materials - A Case History" (1984). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 47.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/1icchge/1icchge-theme9/47
The Creation of Additional Space for the Storage of Dredged Materials - A Case History
Material dredged from the Delaware River is being stored on land in areas surrounded by man-made dikes. In the past, the height of these dikes had been increased in order to provide the needed additional storage space. However, existing land configuration and the high water table in the storage areas, together with the high water content and low strength of the stored dredged materials prohibit further increases of the dike height. A system of interconnected drainage trenches, excavated inside these areas and discharging into the river, was used to lower both the water table and the water content of the dredged materials to a degree that they could be used in the construction of new and higher dikes, thus providing the additional storage space needed.
