Hvide Sande, Denmark

In half of the 11 km test area Ecobeach drainage tubes are installed (a  4.7 km section and a small 0.9 km section). According to statistical analyses no significant effect on the beach volume was measured, however, in the end of 2009 the mean diameter of the sediment within the Ecobeach sections was significantly larger than within the reference areas.

Project data

Realisation Skagen Innovation Center
Location West coast Denmark
Start of the project 2005
Duration of the test 8 years - present 
Length of test area 11 km

References

  • Coastal protection performance of the SIC Pressure Equalizing Modules, Hans F. Burcharth, 2008
  • Drainage Tubes versus Sediment – Effect of vertical drainage tubes on the sedimentology and beach processes at the intertidal beach zone, Ekkelenkamp, 2011
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