A tugboat transports the hopper barge of dredged material to the hydraulic offloading area near the Confined Disposal Facility (CDF). [Source: USACE]An excavator unloads dredged material into another hopper barge using a screen to separate the large debris. The sediment is mixed with recirculated water from the CDF to create a slurry. [Source: USACE]Booster pumps transfer the slurry to the CDF using a method called hydraulic offloading. [Source: USACE]Dredged material is hydraulically off-loaded into the CDF using recirculated water from the CDF. Double-walled pipes transfer the slurry to the CDF cells. [Source: USACE]Large debris that was separated using a screen is manually transported to the CDF for disposal. [Source: USACE]
