The Army Corps of Engineers will be on the sand in Rehoboth Beach until at least mid-September to ensure storm water outfall pipes are unclogged despite completion of their shore replenishment project.
There have been few storms this season since completion of shore replenishment.
Ensuring the outfall pipes will help protect local businesses and homes near the boardwalk by transporting storm water from the street to the ocean.
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control official Maria Sadler told the Wilmington News Journal that while the tourism season is not the idea time to have equipment on the beach the work is important.
In September the Corps of Engineers, DNREC, and local officials will decide on a more permanent solution for the outfall pipes such as extending them further into the ocean.
