Beach Recovery

Projects

A site index

One card per installation: where it is, when it went in, when it was photographed, and what the photographs show. Where a date or location was not recorded at the time, it is marked as such rather than estimated.

Manistee, Michigan

Region
Lake Michigan, north of the Federal Harbor
Installed
Not recorded
Documented
1993 and 2000
Status
Erosion halted; the beach returned, forming a natural barrier protecting the Scotland Yard cottages.
Manistee, Michigan, 1993: the eroded shoreline north of the Federal Harbor before installation, with water reaching the bank and no dry beach.
1993
Manistee, Michigan, 2000: the same shoreline after installation, with a returned sand beach fronting the Scotland Yard cottages.
2000

A refinery site, Saudi Arabia

Region
Arabian Gulf coast
Installed
1999
Documented
1999 and 2000
Status
Visible shoreline recovery within one year of installation; the installation is reported still performing.
A refinery shoreline in Saudi Arabia, 1999: the eroded coast before installation, with the waterline cut back against the shore.
1999
The same refinery shoreline in Saudi Arabia, 2000: one year after installation, with sand returned along the previously eroded stretch.
2000

Michigan, second site

Region
Lake Michigan
Installed
1998
Documented
1998 and 2000
Status
Nearshore beach restoration underway within two years of installation.
A second Michigan site, 1998: the newly installed system in the water along an eroded stretch of Lake Michigan shoreline.
1998
The same Michigan site, 2000: nearshore beach restored, with sand captured and held along the shoreline.
2000

Early prototype

Region
Not recorded
Installed
Circa 2000
Documented
Circa 2000, 2003 and 2017
Status
Geotextile containment; measurable change within months, and the site was re-documented seventeen years on.
Early prototype site, circa 2000: geotextile containment tubes newly installed along a severely eroded shoreline.
Circa 2000
The same prototype site, circa 2003: the shoreline stabilized, with sand accumulated in front of the structure.
Circa 2003
The same prototype site, circa 2017: a wide beach with established vegetation across the restored profile.
Circa 2017

Measured figures

Accretion volumes, retreat rates and installed lengths are not published on this site; the record here is photographic and dated. Measured figures will be added as verified survey data becomes available.