Pros And Cons Of Beach Nourishment

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Beach Nourishment (or also known as beach replenishment) is the process of dumping or pumping sand from another place onto an eroding shoreline or a shoreline in the process of erosion to create, or expand the length and width of the existing beach. However, Beach nourishment does not stop erosion, it just repairs the destruction caused by the tidal waves for awhile. The waves will erode the nourished sand as an alternative instead of damaging houses, roads, recreational spots, or parking lots. Since beach nourishment doesn’t completely stop erosion, the placement of new sand must be repeated continuous times to maintain the beach. The pro of it is that Nourishment restores and widens the recreational beach, but on the other hand it is very

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