Trialling a new approach to beach replenishment in Poole Bay February 25, 2021, by Zlatan Hrvacevic
The Environment Agency has presented a report of the trial tests of a new approach to beach replenishment at Poole Bay.
The report revealed results of a year-long programme of fieldwork to monitor the behaviour of sand deposited in the nearshore zone off Canford Cliffs in Poole Bay.
The technique of replenishing beaches by deposition sand in the nearshore (sub-tidal) area is widely used in the Netherlands, but the project in Poole Bay was the first trial of the method in the UK. The material used was from maintenance dredging in Poole Harbour and thus was beneficial use of sediment that would otherwise have been dumped at sea.