Army Corps Of Engineers To Monitor Wave Conditions In Two Rivers Port

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is monitoring wave conditions at a harbor near Two Rivers in northeastern Wisconsin, which at times have been severe enough to prevent boats from getting in or out of the port.

The Corps has launched two wave monitors near the harbor, which will take measurements until December. That data will then be processed with an eye to modifying the existing breakwaters.

On certain days the Coast Guard can’t launch their boats from their Coast Guard station in Two Rivers,” said Jim Selegean, a hydraulic engineer with the Corps.

Selegean said the harbor is unusual in that it faces the southeast. “Your bigger waves, your bigger storms typically have a northerly component,” he said.

The study will cost $127,000, but Selegean said a permanent fix will be cheaper in the long run since the Corps now spends “hundreds of thousands of dollars every five to seven years” dredging the harbor.