Device Installation Manufacturer's Claims HDSI - Buried wells extract groundwater, thereby leaving and unsaturated zone. Not susceptible to storm damage. Environmentally friendly, even to turtles. Can be operated at variable rates. Stabeach - System includes a pump placed on the high tide beach with drain pipes attached.
Installation causes relatively little disturbance to the beach.
May also aid in trapping wind blown sand to build an artificial dune. Associated Problems Revetments protect only the land behind the structure, therefore the front of the beach may continue to erode. May lead to passive erosion in that sand is trapped by the revetments, and the beach is then unable to retreat from a rising sea level. St. Augustine, FL Melbourne Beach, FL Ft. Fishers, NC Stabilizes dunes.