San Diego beaches top 'Beach Bummer' list thanks to sewage

What time of the year has this raw sewage in the ocean NOT OCCURRED over the last few years ?

Let's also keeep in mind that SD like LA has a huge "homeless" problem. They probably pissed in the ocean there like they did here.

As long as we get kids pronouns correct nothing else matters.

Weird moonlight is one of cleanest as it has cottonwood creek runoff can get nasty during storms … pretty much anywhere except IB and Coronado has been fine excluding arras during storms, such as OB near dog beach gets quite nasty

This is nothing new and occurs wherever wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are located. The difference is that it gets publicized when it affects beaches. Aside from maintenance issues such as broken pipes or malfunctioning pumps that release billions of gallons of raw sewage into bodies of water, the real problem occurs during rain events. Most older cities did not separate their storm and sanitary sewer systems. Most homes had their drain tile and gutter systems discharge into the sanitary lines. So, during storms, the massive inflows cannot be handled by the WWTPs, forcing them to discharge untreated sewage into the lake, river or ocean the plant uses. So, depending on currents, wind and size of release, beaches can and do end up with the discharge water. Many plants have also taken on the surrounding area's housing developments due to the costs and logistics involved with building or expanding WWTPs. This leaves the operators little room for the extra inflows that rain events cause. Some are building massive holding tanks to store the overflows, treating it after the inflows subside. But, this is also a huge undertaking. Fun fact: This is also why uncooked filter feeder species such as oysters become contaminated with e coli. They know about these releases and enjoy the nutrients the discharges contain.

Finest city in America my foot!

TJ ❤’s 💩