Vets going through a "Renourishment Project"

[undrwater]

http://www.mercurynews.com/californ...-rey-dredging-project-replenish-redondo-beach

The project - which will last about 40 days - calls first for depositing roughly 85,000 cubic yards of marina sediment into water depths of 30-50 feet near the Topaz Street jetty.
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The focus then will shift to a section of narrowed beach between the Topaz jetty and Ruby Street, he said. There, about 75,000 cubic yards of sediment will be pumped onto the sand from a barge anchored 1,000 feet off the coastline.
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Bulldozers will spread the sand across the beach, and workers will shift the pipe opening periodically to ensure the material is evenly distributed.

Apparently this was done before in 2000. Anyone have recollections about this, and how it impacted conditions? Also, since they call it "nourishment", can we eat it?

 

[Spg01]

http://www.coastalconference.org/h20_2009/pdf/2009presentations/2009-10-29-Thursday/Session%207C-Artificial%20Reefs/Shibao_Beach_Nourishment_Monitoring_at_Redondo_Beach.pdf

Link stolen from Veterans Park Beach Renourishment begins tomorrow (who's diving tonight?)

Hopefully someone can report conditions while this is going on.

 

[HBDiveGirl]

A bright red tug was pulling the loaded barge towards Topaz jetty this morning at 10 AM.




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