The Online Lower Minnesota River Watershed District News, March 2005

Some beneficial uses of dredged materials

  • Resource agencies may use the material to restore or enhance habitat

  • Counties mix it with salt and put it on winter roads

  • Farmers may use it to build up well-grassed livestock pastures

  • Landfill operators cover waste with the material

  • Road builders use the dense and compactable material for road bases

  • Landfill operators use the sand and silt for land fill

  • Airports, like downtown St. Paul ’s Holman Field, build runways atop the dredge material