CA beaches get high marks but Los Angeles is the exception
The end of the summer report on California beach pollution is out and the overall results indicate a relatively clean summer for the state’s beaches. The state has 514 beaches rated in the report, 91% of which received an A or B grade, indicating excellent or very good water quality conditions.
However, this news should not be seen as too much of an accomplishment. The main source for the decreasing pollution levels is the statewide drought that entered its second year. Since runoff is the biggest source of ocean pollution, the lack of rain prevented inland waste from being driven to ocean. Presumably when the drought ends, ocean pollution will pick back up.
More bad news was that Los Angeles County received the lowest grades in the state. Of the 25 beaches monitored in the county, half of them received a grade of C or below. According to the city, the Los Angeles River is the main source of fecal bacteria in the local beaches. Gross.
However, San Diego County, whose southern beaches are traditionally closed intermittently due to sewage spills in the Tijuana River, actually received 100% A or B marks this summer.
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