MANILA -- Storms and the high tide could wash away the artificial white sand that the government dumped around Manila Bay, a scientist said Friday.
Sand is “always transported from one place to the other” along beaches because “there’s a lot of energy that makes the materials move,” said University of the Philippines Resilience Institute executive director Mahar Lagmay.
“It’s really going to be expensive if you want to continuously replenish the white sand there… That’s not sustainable,” he added. Engineers used a “geo textile” to prevent the sand from being washed away and authorities were also considering putting up a breakwater to further protect it, Antiporda said in a separate ANC interview.
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