Sentence examples for dredging sand from inspiring English sources
Dredging sand from fragile barrier islands will take many months, and the berms may wash away in a single storm.
The process involves dredging sand and essentially pouring it in the gap; a low steel wall may be required under the sand initially to contain the water.
A judge in the Philippines in August urged the government to guard a Sandy Cay sandbar near Subi Reef, where China is reported to be dredging sand.
The town is spending $48 million — and raising taxes for property owners — dredging sand from the sea floor and pumping it onto beaches.
Much of the Corps's money has been spent on dredging sand from the seafloor and piling it up on shorelines between oceanfront real estate and the water.
The Han River is already facing enormous challenges — industries are discharging more and more pollutants, companies are dredging sand to feed construction needs in nearby cities and algal bloom has hit the river hard.
The State dredged sand out of the harbor and made & improved the two islands.
He filled marshes to make more parks and dredged sand to make more beaches.
But the erosion this year is so extreme that some towns may have to dredge sand offshore to replenish their beaches.
The money could be spent, they say, on barrier island restoration, for example, in which dredged sand is used to bolster existing islands, mimicking natural processes.
The Army Corps of Engineers proposes to dredge sand from the ocean and spray it onto their beaches, as has already been done at other spots on the shore.
