. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. North Carolina State Library Raleigh N. C. Doc. University of North Carolina Sea Grant Program NEWSLETTER MAY, 1975 1235 Burlington Laboratories NCSU, Raleigh, N. C. 27607 Tel: (919) 737-2U5U. The ocean: Our next dumping grounds? The island community of Wrightsville Beach lies nestled between the mighty Atlantic and North Carolina's port city of Wilmington. Glittering waters, an easy-going, family atmosphere and clean, sandy beaches lined with handsome beach cottages—all make the island one of North Caroli
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. North Carolina State Library Raleigh N. C. Doc. University of North Carolina Sea Grant Program NEWSLETTER MAY, 1975 1235 Burlington Laboratories NCSU, Raleigh, N. C. 27607 Tel: (919) 737-2U5U. The ocean: Our next dumping grounds? The island community of Wrightsville Beach lies nestled between the mighty Atlantic and North Carolina's port city of Wilmington. Glittering waters, an easy-going, family atmosphere and clean, sandy beaches lined with handsome beach cottages—all make the island one of North Carolina's most popular beach resorts. Popularity has made Wrightsville Beach a prosperous place to live and work. But for the town's governing officials, growth has created problems, real puzzlers that require more complex solutions than coastal communities have relied on in the past. Perhaps the most urgent problem Wrightsville officials find them- selves confronting is that of disposing of increasing quantities of human wastes. They and officials in other fast-growing beach areas are finding that the old ways of disposing of waste—individual septic tanks and municipal sewage treatment plants—just aren't capable of handling the large amounts of sewage generated in coastal com- munities today. The waste problem is further complicated by the huge influx of people during summer months. Disposal systems must be able to handle the increased quantities of waste generated. In Dare County, for instance, the population climbs from 3,500 in winter to some 35,000 in the summer. One proposed solution to the problem, now receiving serious exami- nation by North Carolina state and local officials, is to use the ocean as dumping grounds. Several states on both the east and west coasts are already pumping wastes collected in coastal areas through large pipelines into the ocean. Some have found ocean outfalls, as the (See "Ocean," page 3). Please note that these images are extracted
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