Tons of Concrete to be Dumped in Gulf of Mexico

Add another use to the world's most versatile building material. Workers are planning to dump 18,000 tons of concrete into the Gulf of Mexico - for a good reason. Hurricanes and changing currents have destroyed the reef system in Gulf waters around Florida's Collier County, according to the Community Foundation of Collier County, so the county, along with the cities of Marco and Naples, came up with a plan: The concrete will be placed on the Gulf floor to form what workers say will be the biggest artificial reef in the Western Hemisphere, the Houston Chronicle reports.