In our January meeting, Dr Jack Skinner and John Kappeler gave us an in depth look into the quality of the water we are surfing in.
Did you know that “safe” bacteria limits would result in 1 in 50 of us getting some sort of illness after swimming or surfing.

Check out these websites for more information on the water quality in Orange County and what programs and studies are being done.
http://www.ocbeachinfo.com/
http://www.ocwatersheds.com
http://www.cleanwaternewport.com
http://www.watersmartnewport.org

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As you know, Surfrider Foundation, CA Coastkeeper Alliance, Sierra Club and a coalition of many environmental organizations have been working for years to compel coastal power plants to modernize their cooling systems and minimize the unnecessary killing of marine life.

This effort is to enforce a part of the Clean Water Act, passed by Congress in the early 1970s, and avoided by the electrical generating industry for decades. Since US EPA has been unable or unwilling to stand up and do their job for the past three decades, California is taking steps to stop the destruction of marine life and finally make the industry comply with this law — AND IT IS WELL PAST TIME!!

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