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Links and information about research and development technologies related to dredging and dredged materials can be found below.

• Research and Development: Army Corps' Programs Relevant to the Great Lakes
  U.S. Army Corps Great Lakes Region

• Dredging Operations and Technical Support
  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This Army Corps' lab supports two primary research programs:

  • Dredging Operations and Environmental Research (DOER)
    
  • Long Term Effects of Dredging Operations (LEDO)
    
    
  
  
• Innovative Technologies for Treating Contaminated Dredged Material
  This paper describes innovative technologies for treating contaminated dredged material for upland beneficial use and highlights examples of such projects throughout the U.S. and overseas. The paper was prepared for the Port of Long Beach, California. April, 2000
  
  
• Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments (ARCS)
  Contain an analyses of sediment treatment technologies based on a 5-year study and demonstration project relating to the appropriate treatment of toxic pollutants in bottom sediments in the Great Lakes. The ARCS program was conducted by the Great Lakes National Program Office of the U.S. EPA between 1988 and 1994.
  
  
• SITE: Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation
  This U.S. EPS program encourages the development and implementation of innovative treatment technologies for hazardous waste site remediation and monitoring and measurement.

Several research efforts underway or completed examine the relationship between soil erosion and sediment control and dredging in the region. They include:

• Great Lakes Sediment Management Program develops sediment transport models for tributaries to the Great Lakes that discharge to Federal navigation channels or Areas of Concern.
  
  
• Toledo Harbor Pilot Project Final Report examines the results of a two-year pilot study aimed at addressing Toledo Harbor's dredging problems through a multi-part plan that includes an extensive land treatment erosion control program to reduce the source of sediment.
  
  
• Economics and Sediments in the Maumee River Basin. Compiled by researchers at Ohio State University, this web site includes research papers and fact sheets regarding the benefits of soil erosion controls and the costs associated with filter strips for soil erosion control in the Maumee River Basin.

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