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Dredging 201 - Fundamentals of Sediment Remediation
Wednesday, December 07, 2022, 10:00 AM - 2:15 PM EDT
Category: Course - Live Webinar

LSPA Continuing Education Webinar:

Dredging 201 - Fundamentals of Sediment Remediation

When: Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Time: 10:00 AM - 2:15 PM EST (Includes a 30-minute lunch break)
Live Webinar via Zoom
Important New Registration Note: Registration for LSPA webinars requires a two-step process. 1) Complete the LSPA registration, and 2) In your LSPA confirmation email, you will receive a link to a Zoom "Webinar Registration". You must also complete this registration in order to receive the webinar link, and reminder emails with course materials. 
Cost: $200 Members | $350 Non-Members
Instructor: Don Hayes, Ph.D., P.E. (Instructor Biography)
Available Credits

  • 4.0 Technical LSP Credits - Approved
  • 4.0 CT LEP Credits - Pending  
  • 4.0 NY PE Credits - Approved (#202229270)
  • 4.0 NY PG Credits Approved (#202229270)  

*To ensure you receive continuing education credit for your attendance in this webinar, please read the LSPA's guidelines here.

Course Description: 

Contaminated sediment sites are notoriously heterogeneous, often encompassing a wide variety of environments and site conditions. Developing an effective remedial plan that is implementable, affordable, and applicable to all areas is challenging. Site characterization uncertainties complicate matters further.

This course will present the fundamentals of contaminated waterway remediation, including site characterization, remedial strategies, and post-construction monitoring. The basics of natural recovery, enhanced natural recovery, environmental dredging, and capping as remedial strategies will be discussed, including Best Management Practices for residuals management, cap placement, sediment management, and other real-world construction considerations. The course will focus on developing constructible remedial strategies across a wide array of environments that provide long-term risk reduction. A model contaminated sediment site will be used to illustrate how different remedial strategies can be sewn together to reduce site-wide risk.

The course will cover the following topics and provide enough time for questions and answers throughout:

  1. Overview and basic concepts of why certain sediments get contaminated
  2. Site characterization/Conceptual site models
  3. Overview of Remedial Alternatives
  4. Sediment Removal
  5. Environmental Controls
  6. Cover/Capping
  7. Survey and Equipment Guidance
  8. Monitoring (Construction and Long-term)