Ọwa Federal Harbor Santa Barbara dịkwa nchebe ọzọ maka nnukwu ụgbọ mmiri na-abanye na n'ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri ahụ maka mkpọsa mberede mberede nke emechara nke ọma na Sọnde gara aga.
Ndị agha US Army Corps of Engineers, ya na onye ọrụ ya, Pacific Dredge & Construction, San Diego, malitere ịdọrọ ọwa ihe mberede na Jenụwarị 25.
N'oge mkpọsa ahụ, dredge niile na-egbutu isi ọkụ eletrik “Sandpiper” wepụrụ ihe karịrị cubic yad 30,000 n'ọnụ ụzọ ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri iji weghachi ohere zuru oke.
Dị ka ndị ọrụ gọọmentị si kwuo, a kwatuola ájá nke oke mmiri ozuzo na nso nso a kwabara n'ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri ma tinye ya na East Beach iji nye nri n'akụkụ mmiri.
A na-atụ anya nrụzi mmezi nke ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri ahụ ga-amaliteghachi n'etiti ọnwa Febụwarị wee wuchaa ya n'etiti Eprel.N'oge okirikiri ịsa mmiri na-abịa, a na-atụ anya na a ga-ewepụ ihe dị ka cubic 150,000 ọzọ ma tinye ya n'akụkụ osimiri.