Impacts And Benefits of Dredging on the Natural Environment and Communities
Dredging can improve water quality
Dredging is good for maintaining channels that may become too shallow
Flood prevention/mitigation through dredging to increase channel capacity
Dredging can effectively reduce the risk of flooding to life, property and facilities
Dredging is good for boat safety and open access
Dredging helps reuse sandy soil to nourish adjacent beaches and replenish eroded areas
Sand produced by dredging is used to improve foreshore, facilities and landscaping
Dredging improves the health of aquatic ecosystems
