In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roger Millin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Adrian wrote: >> Not true. It costs little if any more to keep a waterway dredged to >> original profile than it does to maintain it to a smaller profile. > >I really don't know how you can make this statement when, as you are >aware, a very major (if not the most significant) cost these days is >the disposal of the dredgings. The disposal is charged per cubic metre >of dredgings (after chemical analysis, if required), therefore the more >you remove the more you pay. If the dredgings are considered >contaminated (BCN arm dredgings for example) then the disposal charges >will rise astronomically due to the hazardous waste regulations. >Roger Sorry Roger Adrian is right here. However the canals have to be got back to their original profile that will cost more, but once they are there then there is no more cost keeping them there than keeping them at any other arbitrary level.
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