Submerged Pick-Up Truck Located Using Underwater Sonar
The James River is a tributary of the Missouri River. It is roughly 710 miles long and spans over 20,000 square miles of North and South Dakota with more than 70% of the river’s drainage occurring in South Dakota. River conditions during normal years include both still-water and flooding on both the James River and its tributaries. Water easily breaches the low banks, and these floods tend to cover a significant portion of the floodplain. When the river is still, water quality drops and it becomes quite difficult to see more than a few feet underwater.The Beadle County Office of Emergency
Trash Traps to Be Installed in St. Louis Streams
EPA Region 7’s Trash-Free Waters program, along with Wichita State University’s Environmental Finance Center and the Missouri Confluence Waterkeeper organization, are working with local community groups on a project to install and maintain three trash traps in St. Louis area streams. A stream trash trap is a mechanical system that includes a floating boom and net that funnel and gather floating debris near embankments, canals, or stormwater outfalls before it can reach primary waterways like streams, rivers, lakes, and oceans. Three different types of trash traps are being installed
USVs: A Solution for Inspecting Dams and Guarding Waterways
facility’s owner and operator contracted with a Florida unmanned surface vehicle manufacturer, Maritime Tactical Systems (MARTAC) Inc., to conduct a comprehensive survey of the underwater portions of this dam. MARTAC produces a family of MANTAS unmanned vessels built on a catamaran hull. Ameren Missouri selected a twelve-foot MANTAS for this underwater bathymetric imaging. For this task, the MANTAS was equipped with a Teledyne Reson T20 Multi-beam Echo-sounder/Sonar.(Photo: Jack Rowley)The objective of the Keokuk Dam hydrographic survey was to map and inspect underwater structures with an unmanned
Sonar: Critical to Bridge Demolition, Recovery
which is demolition.These jobs require caution and careful planning to guarantee safety and ensure that debris does not cause damage to the local waterways or roads. Four of the most common methods are bursting, hydraulic breakers, dismantling, and explosives.The Historic 1936 Highway 47 Bridge over the Missouri River was demolished this past spring. The old bridge was located 12’ from the new bridge that was built over the past several years. Being as close as it was, the demolition had to be precise, accurate, and safe. On April 11, 2019 the bridge was demolished via strategically placed explosives
Underwater Video Aids Scientists and Search Teams
service and their ability to go above and beyond has been nothing short of outstanding.” A few of the many other agencies and dive teams using Fishers video systems are the Rochester Police and Wayne Fire Departments in New York, Environmental Agency Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, Missouri Highway Patrol, Boston Police Special Operations Unit, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept., University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center, Hartford Police Dept. in Connecticut, Arkansas Game & Fish Commission, Solano Dive Rescue Team in California
Fugro, US Army Corps of Engineers Ink Mapping Deal
Fugro has been awarded a photogrammetric and LIDAR surveying and mapping contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, Missouri. The agreement is a five-year indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with a ceiling value of $12.5 million. It marks Fugro’s third consecutive mapping contract with the Corps, making this a partnership that has spanned more than 30 years. “Our long-standing collaboration with the USACE has produced a multitude of products utilising numerous evolving technologies and methods over the years,” said David White, senior
Homeland Security Selects Top Underwater Metal Detector
U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Border Patrol, Massachusetts and New York State Police, Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Placer County Sheriff’s Office and Los Angeles Port Police in Calif., North Carolina Justice Academy, Jackson County Dive Unit in Wisc., Miramar Police in Fla., Colorado Springs Fire Department, Missouri State Highway Patrol, Laredo Fire Department and Wichita Falls Police in Texas, New Jersey State Police, National Police Dive Squad in New Zealand, Swedish Coast Guard, Japan’s National Police Agency and Royal Canadian Mounted Police
MTR100: Southwest Electronic Energy Corp.
823 Buffalo Run, Missouri City, Texas 77489 T: +1-281-240-4000 / E: [email protected] / W: www.swe.com CEO/President: Len Benckenstein No. of Employees: 65 Since 1964, Southwest Electronic Energy (SWE) has been a pioneer in innovative energy solutions serving the specific needs of original equipment manufacturers. SWE has changed the game in subsea and oceanographic applications with SWE SeaSafe, a lithium-ion battery solution which powers subsea vehicles, control systems and oceanograph
Dive Teams Depend on Detection Devices
consuming for divers. The towed side scan is employed when large areas of open water need to be searched. When a target appears on the computer screen, the operator simply clicks the mouse on the object and the GPS position is displayed, making it easy to relocate and recover the target. In Missouri, the Highway Patrol handles more water-related incidents than any other agency, with a dive team conducting an average of 55 underwater operations each year to recover the victims of drowning and boating accidents or to retrieve evidence for criminal cases, JW Fishers said. Team members utilize
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