Saw this in the CMC Heralds Website today they might be taking the outfall pipes out http://www.capemaycountyherald.com/...eliminating+outfalls+pipes+cape+may’s+beaches
Man, that will suck!!! I love those things!!! HA HA HA Just kidding, never been there, but eliminating these or consolidating always sounds good!!
Concentrating runoff from an entire city into one location could create problems with bacteria counts in the vicinity of the pipe. The "dilution solution" can work, because when it comes to biological health hazards, it's the concentration of pollutants that elevates risk. This plan needs to be approached with some caution, and careful consideration should be given to where they locate the outfall pipe. Imagine the entire city's stormwater being funneled into one pipe, carrying all the animal waste from every curb, yard, and parking lot with it, and it being released at a single point. They'd have to rename it "Dog $hit Beach." In my opinion, stormwater needs at least primary treatment before discharge. Here's yet another opportunity to do it right, and the City is about to screw it up AGAIN.
CMC has the money for this? They should just cap them for now. I know its an eyesore but, OC has one at north street alongside the jetty and I believe it adds to the break there.
Yeah I agree. it kinds of adds a nice inside bowl to a lot of jettys. But of course they are eye sores Most fixed structures create sandbars that create good waves
You could create a pipe that's literally buried in a pile of natural looking rocks and sand, that could provide the structure needed to create a nice little break without being an eyesore or hazard. With all the money it takes to dig up a road and lay down a storm drain, you'd think that... in a tourist town like CM... a few more bucks might make it worth the effort to replace an ugly rusty outfall pipe with a fun little recreational RESOURCE with some value... a surf break, some marine habitat, a degree of erosion control... The ignorance is deafening....
I belive they are gonna re-route everything to the back bays and but there will still be a few at a cpl beaches. The reasoning do move them is they use a pipe size that is over kill cause of the constant clogging of sand during the winter months when the used a smaller pipe. The one showed in the picture really needs to go its unsafe and had been there since the 50's I think
