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Beneficial Recharge Experiment - FD0605
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Description
Summary Objective:
Investigate saltmarsh recharge using a trickle charging technique that makes use of material available from typical maintenance dredging operations.
Key Customer Purpose:
Assess the usefulness, and cost-effectiveness, of trickle charging as a beneficial disposal of dredged material in order to reintroduce sediments into areas of saltmarsh that are receding whilst avoiding damage to existing flora, fauna and adjacent saltmarshes and mudflats.
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Time-Scale and Cost
From:
1995
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To:
1996
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Cost: £28,000 |
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Contractor / Funded Organisations
Institute of Oceanographic Sciences |
Keywords
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Fields of Study
Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management |