Millions Of $$$$ Worth Of Sand Gone In A Day

[kenny]

I hope you got to see the great "sand boondoggle" starting at 61st. in Galveston. It looked really cool for about a month. I can guarantee it's mostly all gone now. What a great business, beach replenishment. You can sell sand and get paid for hauling it, or pay $$$ for a monster dredge to pump it, and when it washes right away you can start all over.

[JT]

i do like the idea of the pump vs digging pits on the west end.

[WestEndAngler]

Which direction is the rip running? The west end or east end will get more beach now lol

[Ibtsoom]

We did a beach nourishment project at work early this year as a condition of a dredging permit. We pumped sand onto 1000 feet of beach out to 400 feet. Looked great till the first high tide windy day. Within 2 weeks it was all gone and looked just like we'd never spent 2 million dollars doing it.

[westbaytroutassasin]

Im definitely in the wrong business.

[kenny]

We did a beach nourishment project at work early this year as a condition of a dredging permit. We pumped sand onto 1000 feet of beach out to 400 feet. Looked great till the first high tide windy day. Within 2 weeks it was all gone and looked just like we'd never spent 2 million dollars doing it.

Just to dredge in front of your house?

[Ibtsoom]

I wish they'd dredge in front of my house. This was in the Freeport harbor channel. The nourishment was on Quintana beach.

[kenny]

I was wrong. It's just 1/2 to 2/3rds gone. I'm really surprised.

[WestEndAngler]