Site work for a water / sewer project in Georgetown, South Carolina. Working plans call for site work for a water / sewer project.

The proposed work consists of new work and maintenance dredging to improve navigation access and discharging sediment in a proposed nearshore (open water) disposal site using a hydraulic pipeline. In detail, the applicant has proposed to dredge a total of 754,616 cubic yards of sediment from a total of 87,087 linear feet (16.49 miles) of natural creeks and man-made channels. The location of these open water channels, Main Creek, Marshwalk (Channels A, B, C, and D), Parsonage Creek, Oaks Creek, Allston Creek, Flaggpoint Canal, Mt. Gilead Canal, Marlin Quay Marina, South Waccamaw Canal, and Creeks A, B, C, D, E, F, G (Marina Colony), H, I, J and K, is shown on drawing sheets 1 through 27 of 39 in the public notice. The proposed work would be conducted in three phases. Approximately 250,000 cubic yards of sediment would be dredged each year (between November 1 and March 31) using a hydraulic cutterhead and would be pumped via pipeline to a proposed nearshore disposal site that would be parallel to the shore at Huntington Beach State Park (HBSP). Dredged material with a high percentage of fines is expected to spread across the ocean floor as a layer of fluid mud. The dredged material would be discharged within an approximately 3,500-foot long by 1,000-foot wide area that would be at least 1,700 feet south of the existing jetty and at least 2,000 feet east of the existing beach at HBSP as shown on drawing sheet 39 of 39. The proposed nearshore disposal site would be 5,000 feet long by 3,000 feet wide (344.35 acres or 0.57 square miles) and would be monitored to ensure that the placement of dredged material does not create a layer that is more than 5.5 feet thick on the existing ocean floor, and dredged material does not extend or adversely impact aquatic resources outside the boundary of the proposed disposal site. According to the applicant, the dredged material would be placed outside the active surf zone and any clays or other fine-grained material would be carried offshore rather than deposited on the adjacent beach.