WATER QUALITY IN SANTA MONICA BAY

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WATER QUALITY IN SANTA MONICA BAY
WHERE? -SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA -MAJOR CITIES LOS
ANGELES
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SANTA MONICA BAY
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SANTA MONICA BAY WATERSHEDS

• 9 MILLION PEOPLE
• 28 WATERSHEDS
• WATER QUALITY POOR AND GETTING WORSE

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WATERSHEDS
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POLLUTION

• NUTRIENT LOADING(FERTILIZERS AND UNTREATED WASTE)
• PESTICIDES AND HEAVY METALS
• INCEASE BOD AND COD
• INCREASE IN BACTERIA IN WATER COLUMN
• RELATED TO INCREASE IN POP.

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MANAGEMENT

• CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION AND DIVISION OF
  WATER QUALITY
• 1988 EPA INCLUDES SMB IN NATIONAL ESTUARY PROJECT
• 1988 SANTA MONICA BAY RESTORATION PROJECT(SMBRP)

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MANAGEMENT

• EPA INVOLVEMENT BECAUSE FAILURE OF STATE AND
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN REGULATING BAY AREA
• EPA STUDY LINKS 50 INCREASE IN HEALTH PROBLEMS
  ASSOCIATED WITH SWIMMING NEAR STORM WATER OUT
  FLOW PIPES AND CANALS

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MANAGEMENT

• SMBRP
• INCREASE WATER QUALITY
• DECREASE POINT AND NON-POINT SOURCES OF POLLUTION
• FIRST STORM WATER PERMITS IN NATION
• INCREASE FINES

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STORM WATER
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STORM WATER
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HEALTH RISKS