Army Corps of Engineers.

• Position: Eastern - Water quality - Brief Article

A $6.8 million Army Corps of Engineers project north of Wilmington that relocated Mason Inlet by nearly half a mile failed to improve water quality. So says a researcher at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington who studied the issue. The 2002 project was promoted by tourism officials and owners of beachfront property, who argued increased water flow would flush out pollution, including fecal...