Inland cities must be made accountable for their polluted urban runoff which runs downstream and into the ocean at the mouth of San Juan Creek.
In the last three years Dana Point has invested three million dollars in dry-season urban runoff control. Twelve urban runoff diversions now divert polluted runoff to the sewer system where it is cleaned and then released to the ocean via the outfall three miles to sea. A combination of state funding, local funding and private funding have set the stage for addtional collabrative efforts such as the new ozone treatment facility at Salt Creek which will cleanse all the runoff coming out of the Salt Creek watershed. The new NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) Permit under the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board will help stem the tide of polluted urban runoff from the inland cities. There is still much to be done especially at Doheny State Beach which will require the joint efforts of many agencies and many elected officials over the next four years. I can provide the leadership to get this job done.
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