How to clear Galveston's murky water (Houston, China: 2015, houses, organic)

[CyberSamurai]

Murky water has long since been a bane of Galveston Island, in regards to setting itself up as an appealing destination (unfortunately, even in spite of the beautiful subtropical vegetation, old architecture, and various parks/resorts).

Luckily, the technology to clear out Galveston's water, and rid the area of MS river sediment for good, exists. It is being implemented currently in an area of the China coast, near Shanghai, known as Jinshan Beach. The technology built along that beach works to rid the seawater around the area of the river sediment of the Yangtze, creating an area of beach with crystal clear water. The technology works by first gathering the sea water into a wave-proof settling pool, allowing all the sediment to settle down. The clean water is then filtered into the beach zone, with additional purification to remove any harmful marine microorganism that can exist.

See the technology in use on Google Maps:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ji...4!4d121.351043

Here is a Google Book entry giving a basic explanation of how the technology works:
https://books.google.com/books?id=zN...ficial&f=false

The results:

Jinshan Beach Travel Guide - Visit Jinshan Beach in Taiwan

This tech won't be applied the same way on the Texas Coast, since there are many differences from the Chinese coast:
1.) The Texas coast's murky water zone is very narrow; you don't have to go too far out the boardwalks to encounter blue water:
http://www.beach-houses.com/images/galveston-aerial.jpg

2.) The murky water's main source is effluence from the MS River, which runs along a near-shore current to the Texas coast.

Because of this, the technology doesn't even need to be implemented at Galveston to work perfectly; some uncharted area of the TX or LA coast can be used to serve as the area for the device to collect and filter out all the water running on the near-shore current, allowing the newly-cleared water to exist, and continue its journey westward to Texas.

Thus, Galveston has the ability to, at long last, have crystal clear waters permanently. It can truly be the playground it intended to be from its beginning.

[DJboutit]

A lot of people see Galveston has brown water they think of sewage and trash in thew water. Water is safe I swam in the gulf like 20 to 25 times will no trouble. Now the Guadalupe River is more toxic than the gulf and the river is a lot more clear.

[testmo]

I wouldnt really trust anything being used in china or stemming from china


Lower pollution, more regulations on industry, and regulations on pesticides from commerical to residential are what's needed.


See how many people who poo poo Galveston water would support that

[Oildog]

Spinal Tap was big in Japan.

[DSL_PWR]

Originally Posted by oildog

spinal tap was big in japan.

haha

[westres1]

If Galveston's water was crystal clear, the traffic to get to Galveston would slow 45 to a snails pace. The beach houses would not be affordable to many Houstonians any longer and the Island would be packed all summer. I am fine with the the MS sediment.

[CyberSamurai]

Originally Posted by DJboutit

A lot of people see Galveston has brown water they think of sewage and trash in thew water. Water is safe I swam in the gulf like 20 to 25 times will no trouble. Now the Guadalupe River is more toxic than the gulf and the river is a lot more clear.

True, appearances can be deceiving.

Originally Posted by testmo

I wouldnt really trust anything being used in china or stemming from china


Lower pollution, more regulations on industry, and regulations on pesticides from commerical to residential are what's needed.


See how many people who poo poo Galveston water would support that

Half the stuff used is made in China, and there are a lot of advanced ideas/innovations coming out of that country. The US could learn a thing or two.

[texas7]

I try to avoid anything from China when I can. It's hard and when I do find something, it often costs more.

[HookTheBrotherUp]

The water is not harmful, not clear, yes, but it is full of organics that feed the food chain. If you cleared up the water, lots of fish that currently thrive along this part of the gulf could be affected. Don't fool with Mother Nature, she always wins!

[texas7]

Galvestons not hurting for tourists or homeowners.