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dredging set to take place in the reef’s waters

English translation: new dredging is planned to be carried out in the reef’s waters

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English term or phrase: dredging set to take place in the reef’s waters
Selected answer:new dredging is planned to be carried out in the reef’s waters

06:42 May 7, 2014
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2014-05-10 07:54:11 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Science - Journalism
English term or phrase: dredging set to take place in the reef’s waters
The Hay Point coal terminal.
The impact of dredging and dumping sediment on the Great Barrier Reef has been far greater than the mining industry has claimed, with nearly 150m tonnes of new dredging set to take place in the reef’s waters, a study shows.
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new dredging is planned to be carried out in the reef’s waters
Explanation:
:o)
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Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 23:34
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4 +2new dredging is planned to be carried out in the reef’s waters
Sven Petersson
4new dredging will happen soon in the Reef
Ing. Petr Bajer


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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
new dredging will happen soon in the Reef


Explanation:
The impact of previous dredging was high, and now there is even a new dredging coming and this new dredging will add almost 150m tonnes of seabed to the problem.

Ing. Petr Bajer
Czech Republic
Local time: 23:34
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in CzechCzech

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  B D Finch: "Set to take place" doesn't mean "soon".
1 hr
  -> Of course you are right, I meant my answer as an example explanation, not an exact English to English translation.
neutral  writeaway: dredging doesn't 'happen'.
2 hrs
  -> OK, thanks.
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
new dredging is planned to be carried out in the reef’s waters


Explanation:
:o)

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 23:34
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  B D Finch
1 hr
  -> Thank you very much!
agree  writeaway: awkward English but gets the idea across.
2 hrs
  -> :o)
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