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State-of-the-Art Survey and Evaluation of Open-Water Dredged Material Placement Methodology

This study was directed to establishing the feasibility of controlled placement of dredged materials in open water, with special emphasis on the ability to use subaqueous borrow pits as receptors for the dredged material. The study involved the feasibility of finding the pit, positioning a hopper dredge or barge over the pit, holding position during the dumping operation, and determining whether the material would stay in the pit after it was dumped. While the study emphasized borrow pit placement of dredged material, it was conducted in a manner to address the broader aspect of precision placement of material on the ocean bottom whether a pit was available or not.

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