Adelaide Beach Management Review Implementation Project - Dredge Trial
The sand on Adelaide’s beaches naturally moves from south to north, due to wind and waves. This causes coastal erosion at West Beach and a build-up of sand at the northern beaches, from Semaphore to North Haven.
The Adelaide Beach Management Review, facilitated by the Department for Environment and Water (DEW) and overseen by the Attorney-General, aimed to identify the best approach for managing sand movement at Adelaide's metropolitan beaches. The Review's Independent Advisory Panel Report recommended that DEW investigate dredging nearshore or nearby sand deposits as a long-term, sustainable method to recycle sand from the northern beaches to West Beach. The South Australian Government committed to a trial to determine the long-term feasibility of dredging to manage sand between West Beach and the northern beaches.
The EPA regulates activities impacting on the environment set out in the Environment Protection Act 1993 (EP Act), through a range of authorisations. Dredging is a prescribed activity of environmental significance under the EP Act and the dredge trial can only proceed with EPA approval of the project’s Dredge Management Plan.
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