U.S.
Department of the Interior (DOI) Purchases WhisprWave® Floating Small
Craft Intrusion Barrier™ (SCIB™)
US
Bureau of Reclamation - South Central California Area Office Contracts
Order for Friant Dam Summit, New Jersey - January 20, 2004 - Wave Dispersion Technologies
(WDT) www.whisprwave.com announced
it has received a purchase order from the United States Department for
the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Reclamation South Central California Area,
for installation of a WhisprWave® Small Craft Intrusion Barrier™
(SCIB™ at Friant Dam in Fresno, California for dam
security purposes. The mandate of the Bureau of Reclamation is to
manage, develop, and protect water and related resources in an environmentally
and economically efficient manner. The WhisprWave® Barrier Technology
is designed to address possible breakaway small craft and homeland security
issues made more immediate by the post 9/11 era. Delivery is estimated
for the end of March 2004.
"The Bureau of Reclamation
manages 365 dams, and we are confident this is the first of several contracts
and installations using our unique floating barrier," stated C.E.O.
Dennis Smith.
The WhisprWave® is specifically
designed in a modular format to increase the product's flexibility and
strength for maritime applications. WhisprWave®'s distinct design
and application allow it to withstand adverse marine conditions such as
large storm waves and sustained winds of more than 100 MPH.
Maritime
Port Security Buoys and Barriers:
To facilitate the security needs of the US Navy, US Coast Guard, US Army,
US Army Corps of Engineers, other government agencies and commercial interests,
the company has developed the WhisprWave® Technology line of Maritime
Intrusion and Exclusion Barriers and Warning Buoys for Homeland Security
and Force Protection. The unique characteristics of the WhisprWave®
Homeland Defense Products include mobility, marine grade design and off-the-shelf
availability for Homeland Security maritime zone demarcation applications,
(a requirement recently mandated by the USCG for all nuclear power plants
post 9/11).
About
WDT: www.whisprwave.com The Global Leader in Maritime Homeland Port Security Barrier &
Buoy Protection Systems
Wave Dispersion Technologies, Inc. (WDT) has developed the patented WhisprWave®
floating articulated breakwater technology to afford erosion control protection
to shoreline beaches, coastal marinas, anchorages, and other areas subject
to destructive erosion wave / wake forces. The WhisprWave® is currently
installed, being demonstrated or being reviewed by several agencies including
the US Army Corp of Engineers (USACE), US Navy (USN), US Coast Guard (USCG),
US Army (USA) and several US States for applications that range from Homeland
Security / Force Protection to Beach Erosion Protection to Marina Wave
& Wake Protection.
About
the Bureau of Reclamation:http://www.usbr.gov/ Established in 1902, the Bureau of Reclamation is best known for the
dams, power plants, and canals it constructed in the 17 western states.
These water projects led to homesteading and promoted the economic development
of the West. Reclamation has constructed more than 600 dams and reservoirs
including Hoover Dam on the Colorado River and Grand Coulee on the Columbia
River.
