Reduction of Unanticipated Intracoastal Waterway Current by Relocating the San Bernard River Mouth, Texas

Lin, Lihwa; Kraus, Nicholas C.; Robinson, Laura L.

doi:10.1061/40680(2003)19

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“…Environmental and legal issues have reduced agency enthusiasm for opening fish passes, but inlet creation continues, as demonstrated by opening of Packery Channel in 2005 Williams et al 2007) and interest in maintaining the long-lived ephemeral inlet Cedar Bayou Pass connecting the Gulf to Mesquite Bay (Simmons and Hoese 1959;Shepsis and Carter 2007). Concern has also been expressed by local interests in maintaining the San Bernard River Mouth (Lin et al 2003). Although Carothers and Innes (1960) provide design guidance for constructing fish passes along the Texas coast, it appears that an update based on more recent experiences and knowledge of Texas inlet processes would be beneficial to the coastal engineering and science communities.…”

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Coastal Inlets of Texas, USA

Kraus¹

2007

Coastal Sediments '07

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Presently, 16-17 permanent inlets connect the inland coastal waterways and rivers to the Gulf of Mexico on the 560-km long coast of Texas. Processes controlling inlet stability in Texas are typically more complex than those acting on the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean coasts of the United States, where the astronomical tide dominates. The tide on the Texas coast is predominantly or fully diurnal and with small range; however, the large surface areas of most Texas bays produce large tidal prisms. Wind is strong throughout the year, either from the southeast in summer or as episodic northeasterly fronts in autumn and winter. Non-astronomical seasonal variations in water level are comparable to the tidal range of Texas bays. Creation of inlets on the Texas coast is ongoing for environmental, commercial, and recreational reasons, and this paper discusses the status and challenges posed to inlet creation, stability, and maintenance.

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