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Incorporating engineered oyster reefs into dredged material management

Incorporating engineered oyster reefs into dredged material management. Tyler Ortego, MS PE ORA Estuaries & Wayfarer Environmental Technologies. “ Integrating Dredging and Dredged Material Reuse with Environmental Restoration ”.

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Incorporating engineered oyster reefs into dredged material management

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  1. Incorporating engineered oyster reefs into dredged material management Tyler Ortego, MS PE ORA Estuaries & Wayfarer Environmental Technologies

  2. “Integrating Dredging and Dredged Material Reuse with Environmental Restoration”

  3. http://www.deepeningportofhouston.com/downloads/POHDW_Env_Assess.pdfhttp://www.deepeningportofhouston.com/downloads/POHDW_Env_Assess.pdf

  4. Do more with less

  5. Old School http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/prj/westbay/photos/Hydraulic-cutterhead-dredge.gif Do more with more

  6. Do more with less

  7. Achieve engineering objectives plus environmental/regulatory objective with one feature

  8. The Oyster

  9. The Oyster Reef habitat Oyster brood stock Recreational fishing Water quality Shoreline protection Stabilize dredged material Oyster harvest Sequester carbon(?)

  10. The Oyster Berrigan et al. (1991)

  11. The Oyster

  12. Engineered Oyster Reefs

  13. Engineered Oyster Reefs

  14. Engineered Oyster Reefs

  15. Engineered Oyster Reefs Do more with less Solve multiple objectives at once

  16. Future work

  17. Future work

  18. Some Resources

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