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Heal the Bay’s21st Annual Beach Report CardMAY 25, 2011Table of Contents1 Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 2010-2011 California Analyses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Beach Report Card: COUNTY by County(Listed south to north)San Diego. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28More on the Tijuana River Slough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30Orange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Los Angeles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33Southern California (combined grades) . . . . . . . . . . . .42Ventura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43Santa Barbara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44San Luis Obispo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45Monterey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46Santa Cruz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47San Mateo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48San Francisco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49Background Information on theSan Francisco Public Utilities Commission . . . . . . . . .50East Bay Counties: Contra Costa and Alameda . . . . . . . 51Marin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Sonoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52Mendocino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52Humboldt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53Del Norte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53New for 2011: Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54New for 2011: Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .555 Beach Types and Water Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576 BEACH REPORT CARD Impacts: 2010-2011 . . . . . . . 617 Major Beach NewS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .688 AppendicesA1 Methodology of California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73A2 Methodology of Oregon and Washington . . . . . . .76B Honor Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78C1 Grades by County for California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80C2 Grades by County for Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . .94C3 Grades by County for Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96BADCF9 Acknowledgements/Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .975
Page 3: Heal the Bay is a nonprofit environ
Page 7 and 8: Executive SummaryHeal the Bay’s 2
Page 9 and 10: TOP TEN BEACH BUMMERSBEACH/COUNT Y
Page 11 and 12: conventional analytical methods, an
Page 15: IntroductionHeal the Bay’s first
Page 18 and 19: dards (AB411) and recommended by th
Page 20 and 21: The disparity between dry and wet w
Page 22 and 23: California’s Dry WeatherHonor Rol
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Page 26 and 27: Heal the Bay advises coastal beachg
Page 28 and 29: San Diego CountyFIGURE 4-1Percentag
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Page 32 and 33: tored during the AB411 time period.
Page 34 and 35: or cut back on their ocean water qu
Page 36 and 37: the major source of contamination f
Page 38 and 39: public pressure to upgrade the sewe
Page 40 and 41: a continuous schedule for seven day
Page 42 and 43: ability of sand to filter and infil
Page 44 and 45: Santa Barbara CountyThe County of S
Page 48 and 49: San Mateo CountyThe County of San M
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Page 53 and 54: Humboldt CountyIn an effort to proa
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FIGURE 4-252010 Summer Oregon Water
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Beach Types and Water QualitySouthe
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Beach Pollution PatternsPercentage
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Even though the EPA’s water quali
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Island and perform additional epide
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California’s beach monitoring pro
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will move from the State Department
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fornia Environmental Quality Act Sc
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APPENDIX A1Heal the Bay’s Annual
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APPENDIX A1Table 8-3:Single Sample
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APPENDIX A2Table 8-6:Single Sample
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A+San Luis ObispoCounty• San Sime
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APPENDIX C1AB411 Dry Wet Winter Dry
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APPENDIX C1County“Beach Bummer”
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APPENDIX C1Los Angeles County, cont
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APPENDIX C1Ventura County, cont’d
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APPENDIX C1San Luis Obispo County,
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APPENDIX C1San Francisco CountyAB41
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APPENDIX C22010 Summer Beach Report
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APPENDIX C32010 Summer Beach Report
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