Storms, High Tide Could Wash Away Manila Bay White Sand, Scientist Says
MANILA BAY WHITE SAND – A scientist recently said that storms and high tide could wash away the artificial white sand at Manila Bay.
According to ABS-CBN News, Mahar Lagmay, executive director of the University of the Philippines Resilience Institute said that sand is always transported from one place to the other along beaches.
Lagmay added that this is because “there’s a lot of energy that makes the materials move,”
“If you put white sand in that place, chances are during storms and during high tide, when the waves are high… all of the sand will be washed out and transported,”
“It’s really going to be expensive if you want to continuously replenish the white sand there… That’s not sustainable,”
Lagmay said that the sand around Manila Bay comes from surrounding mountains and is naturally dark gray.
The government earlier dumped synthetic white sand as an attempt to make the beach similar to those in Boracay, Bohol, Palawan, and Cebu, according to Environment Undersecretary Benny Antiporda..
Antiporda added that the engineers used a “geo textile” in order to prevent the sand from being washed away. Furthermore, he said that authorities were also considering putting up a breakwater to protect the synthetic sand.
The undersecretary also said that muck and garbage were also removed from the area before authorities started placing the white sand.
“I don’t think na pababayaan nitong experts natin na mangyari iyong mga ganiyang bagay na magsasayang lang ng pera ng ating bayan,”
Based on the report, the said sand came from the crushed dolomite boulders from Cebu.
Dolomite contains calcium carbonate, which can be found in sea corals and is not harmful to the environment, Antiporda said.
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