Beach+Renourishment+along+the+New+Jersey+Shore

Summary of Problem:

=**Our problem is Beach Renourishment: Pros and Cons. First of all, what is beach renourishment? Beach renourishment is the replenishment of sand for beaches by having it dredged off the ocean’s floor, pumped through pipes onto the beach and is then then shaped and built into dunes and beaches.**=

Let's Renourish the Beach: The New Jersey beaches should be fixed and kept natural and preserved as the natural beauty it is. We control the effects and problems on are beaches in the world we discover new things from the beach and wildlife striving on it. The beach is a complex piece of nature controlled and determined by many factors. I believe beach renourishment is a great way to show mother nature we love you back.

Beach nourishment is when sand is added to the beach to replace the lost sediment. We fight with the erosion to restore the natural order by providing some clean shores for the public. Beach nourishment restores, and widens the recreation beach. Structures behind beach are protected as long as the added sand remains. Attractive sand areas near the beach bring business to the town/ city. Beach nourishment protects the properties along the shore line. It keeps the beach in the same place. It is soft response to shoreline erosion unlike seawalls, groins and jetties which are hard responses. It helps the beach business, tourist’s property owner, and historic preservationists. Beach nourishment measures designed to conserve, protect, improve, maintain and develop public beaches. It is also for storm protection and commercial use.



Let's Keep the Beach Natural

Fact 1 :Economically, beach nourishments is very costly. It requires a lot of equipment, long hours, maintenance, monitoring, and lasts only a few years. Bringing sand from all over the world is only temporary. It cost up to $1 - $2 million dollars a year depending on how big the beach area is it can run up to $100 million - 1 billion dollars a year. Also the sand that is added to the beach is different from the original beach sand. It is hard to find grain that can match perfectly. The differences in "grain-size" can determine the way waves react with the beach. This can affect things like surfing conditions, and tidal waves and can change the shape of the beach.

Fact 2: The ecological costs are even more detrimental than the economic costs. The constant drudging of the continental shelf and abyssal plain interrupts sea life and disturbs the natural order of sea life. Beach renourishment has significant impacts on local ecosystems. Renourishment may cause direct death to plant organisms in the target area by burying them in the new sand. Seafloor habitat in both source and target areas are disrupted when sand is deposited on coral reefs or when deposited sand hardens. Imported sand may differ in character from that of the target environment. Reduced light availability, affecting nearby reefs and submerged aquatic vegetation. Imported sand may contain material toxic to local species. Removing material from near-shore environments may destabilize the shoreline, in part by steepening its submerged slope. Related attempts to reduce future erosion may provide a false sense of security that increases development pressure.

Fact 3: The process of Beach renourishment can cost over 2 million dollars per square miles, which means millions of state taxes is being wasted. 2 million dollars can go into many other things like Education, much needed roads repair, and emergency services to help the public when they in need. Not only Beach renourishment is taking our taxes but it can also hurt the marine and beach life by burying and squishing them by bulldozers. It can also change the actual size of the beach and also make the sand muddy. So with that being said, Beach renourishment can be a bad thing; It brings new sand to a different location, but it taking sand from a different place causing that place to have less as much sand, it also winding the beach, but it can also cause the state of erosion faster.so do you think beach renourishment is a good thing or a bad thing



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