Adelaide's coastline

Adelaide's coastline

1. Sandbanking in certain areas only

2. Not enough sand in some places

   • Leisure time disruption

3. Dunes are now trapped under roads

4. Coastal water quality

   • Allows polluted storm water to enter the ocean
     • Disturbs coastal process
       • Causes turbulent water to remain in the near shore zone
         • Shading sea grass + affecting growth

5. Distribution of suspended matter in Adelaide's coastal water

   • Human waste creating layers of Algae
     • Sea grass dies which observes wave impact
       • Leads to erosion on coast

6. Imputs from industrial sources

   • Penrice soda holdingest. 1930's - used Slovak processes to produce soda ash - discharged dangerous chemicals and sediment and ammonia into port river polluting ocean and destroying biodiversity by killing animal + animal life