###What
This will provide an educational resource, as well as help evaluate the success of the project.
Rock breakwaters are used across the Louisiana coast to prevent horizontal erosion. There is a need to dredge access channels to place the heavy rocks (unless the rocks are light-loaded, which increases construction costs). Rocks also sink, which decreases the effectiveness of hte engineered breakwater over time, necessitating "lifts" (putting more rock on top of sinking rock).
However, the need to stop erosion is urgent, and agencies are used to this technique. The shoreline of Lake Pontchartrain is eroding at 5-10 ft a year in this location, and this breakwater and created wetland would slow that loss of land, while building new land.
###My attempt and results
Dec 2014
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###Questions and next steps
###Why I'm interested
The baseline data will help evaluate the effectiveness of using heavy rocks as breakwaters.