Tracking Coasts Section
Tasks and Specializations:
- Conducting longitudinal sectors of the beaches to collect field data related to wave and tidal movement and currents adjacent to the coast and its impact on changing the shape of the coast and the safety of coastal projects and installations.
- Conducting a survey of all Kuwaiti coasts, including the islands, using the latest technologies for remote sensing, and using aerial photographs to find places of erosion and coastal precipitation.
- Monitor wave movement, directions and impact on Kuwaiti coasts, sediment and pollutants movement, and use them in forecasting processes for coastal environmental impacts.
- Conducting a geomorphological survey of the coasts and making maps using the satellite pictures, aerial photographs and field data collected.
- Establishing recommendations and requirements for maintaining the health and safety of citizens from the risks of coastal pollution, in coordination with the relevant authorities.
- Determine all sources of coastal damage, and lay out the necessary plans and programs to control the sources of damage to the coastal environment and work to limit them.
- Taking samples of coastal sediments to measure the different pollutants and submitting them to the competent authorities in the authority for analysis.
- Study the environmental impact of coastal development and provide environmental consultations for the projects to be built on the coast in coordination with the relevant departments.
- Follow up on and respond to inquiries and complaints received from the concerned agencies.
- Coordination between the department and the competent authorities to ensure that the beaches are used for the purposes licensed, and that they are free from any pollution or encroachment.
- Cooperating with the concerned departments in environmental information efforts on beach pollution and how to preserve it.
- Prepare the annual work plan and the proposed operational budget for the department and present it to the director of the department.
- Preparing periodic reports on the activities and achievements of the department and submitting them to the director of the department.