The system
The Beach Recovery System
Written for a general reader: what the system does, what it is not, and who builds it now.
How it works
The system works with wave action rather than against it. Water slows as it passes the structures; suspended sand settles out; each cycle leaves a thin new layer. Over months the beach rebuilds itself and the structure disappears beneath it. What returns is not just sand but profile: a wider berm, a gentler beach face, dune grass, and in time the habitat that goes with them.
What it is not
Not dredging
Fewer installations across longer stretches of coast, rather than a vessel and a pipeline for each frontage.
Not repeated nourishment
No cycle of trucking or pumping sand back in every few seasons to replace what the water took.
Not hard armouring
No structure left standing in the surf: as the beach rebuilds, the structure disappears beneath it.
Shoreline Recovery & Protection Systems
The proof of concept prepared by Basalt International: named sites, dated photography, the permitting pathway and independent engineering review.
Coastal Stabilization Proof of Concept
The Cost of an Eroded Shoreline
Why Hard Structures Fail
The Recovery Process
How Accretion Works
Installation
Engineering attribution
The Beach Recovery System is engineered, manufactured and installed by Basalt International. Beach Recovery no longer provides installation services. Enquiries about a shoreline project should go to Basalt International.
Basalt International