#beachnourishment

[tinadolphin]

200418 Rören ligger kvar från strandfodringen. The pipes are still there from the beach nourishment #tinaspicoftoday2020 #strandfodring #beachnourishment #detroligafotot #thefunnyphoto #ystadsandskog #stranden #thebeach https://www.instagram.com/p/B_IeW_oBOeu/?igshid=v7p4ukgcmkul

[iatros7]

Dredging sand for beach renourishment: this is mining sand offshore and placing on a beach to replace sand eroded by storms or wave action. This enhances the recreational and protective function of the beach, which are also eroded by human activity. This is typically performed by a cutter-suction dredge or trailing suction hopper dredge. This particular pipeline is about a kilometer long! #dredging #dredgingvessel #dredgingpumps #beachnourishment #beachrenourishment #iatros7 #shotoniphone #shotonmyiphone (at Palm Beach, Aruba) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpkhggFAjPc/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=k0s4y9e9t1yj

[iatros7]

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Dredging sand for beach renourishment: this is mining sand offshore and placing on a beach to replace sand eroded by storms or wave action. This enhances the recreational and protective function of the beach, which are also eroded by human activity. This is typically performed by a cutter-suction dredge or trailing suction hopper dredge. This particular pipeline is about a kilometer long! #dredging #dredgingvessel #dredgingpumps #beachnourishment #beachrenourishment (at Palm Beach, Aruba) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpke8WMACjN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=177fi35y2wm82

[environmentalafterthought]

Jul 29 - In what can only be considered a facepalm of epic proportions, the coal tramper, TB Marina, coming out of Bengkulu with a load of a mere 7,000 tons of sweet bitumen was tossed about in rough seas during high tide off the coast of Lampuuk beach causing the barge to become detached and eventually ran aground a few coal stone’s throw away from shore.  All 7,000 tons dumped into the waters and eventually made it to shore in a pretty effective beach replenishment if that is what they were going for.  Now I know what you are thinking, hey there's no coal-fired power plant in Besar District the nearest one I can think of is Nagan Raya which is nowhere NEAR Lampuuk, and of course you would be right.  The load was destined for the pretty innocent PT LafargeHolcim (or is it HolcimLafarge, I have no clue where that merger is at these days other than the Paris Op hanging an abandoned sign in its front window), a cement manufacturer and if at this point you are saying wait a second when is coal used to make cement, all I can say is you have no imagination whatsoever.

Anyway, not much to see here, Lafarge is just thinking, where’s my damn coal I need to make some cement, meanwhile, TB Marina is back in the water scooting up and down the Indonesian coast, meanwhile, its not like this is the first time this ever happened, with the same thing happening off the plant coast in 2016, when 2,000 ton were dropped in almost the exact same story. So I say the local population just got themselves some free firestarters that will probably last them hopefully until Christmas where they won’t have to worry about getting anything bad in their stocking this year for sure.  Indonesians celebrate Christmas, right?

[bbrownmedia]

WRRDA to the prez

Here I write of a long-anticipated deadline-fix-it measure (sort of) on page 191 of a massive water resources bill Congress just passed. Enjoy.

WRRDA finally spells relief for Carolina Beach.

Headed to President Obama for his signature, it’s the Water Resources Reform and Development Act, which the U.S. Senate passed Thursday following House passage earlier this week.

Of the myriad water resources projects and initiatives WRRDA authorizes nationwide is a provision allowing Carolina Beach to maintain a vital shoreline funding partnership with the federal government.

That partnership allows Congress to cover up to 65 percent of the tab for beach nourishment–or “coastal storm damage reduction“–projects there, an arrangement that has been in place for 50 years and is worth millions of non-local dollars each time.

But 50 years is the limit, and while several coastal towns have similar funding arrangements, Carolina Beach’s was the first set to expire.

Rest of the story here.

[bbrownmedia]

Oh, WRRDA?

A U.S. House member visits a storm battered beach, which figures into a campaign to keep federal funding alive for sand replenishment projects.

Congressman Mike McIntyre expects an answer by the end of the month on the future of federal funding for the Carolina Beach strand.

That would be in the final version of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA), of which the U.S. House and Senate have passed conflicting versions.

The Senate’s version includes a process to extend the expiring federal funding partnership that Carolina Beach’s shoreline has enjoyed for the past 50 years. The House’s does not.

WRRDA is sitting in a conference committee working to resolve the differences. Standing over an eroded segment of the Carolina Beach shoreline Friday, McIntyre (D-7) said he’s “optimistic” lawmakers will agree to keep beaches like this one under national protection.

“We want to try to get this done by Memorial Day,” the congressman said of WRRDA. “That’s our goal.”

Rest of the story here.