Blog #24 More current events

1. http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/story/Sewage-Spill-from-Mission-Valley-to-Ocean-Beach/qWYuIGp6oEeMp2ZNMf20lQ.cspx
On September 24th there was a sewage spill of over a thousand gallons of sewage into the San Diego River causing the beaches at the river mouth to be closed for a couple days.
"Signs warning of contamination will stand near the mouth of the river at Dog Beach until follow-up testing deems the area safe again for recreational uses, the DEH reported." This can be used in the "did you know" facts saying to watch for the orange signs because it may mean there is high contaminations in the water.


2. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/us/15seals.html
This article is about the fact that the seals will be able to stay at the Children's Pool and the people will not be able to use this area is a swimming place.
"But a state law that takes effect on Jan. 1 gives the city broad discretion to maintain the beach as it sees fit, and the City Council has indicated that it favors keeping the seals. The state law was drafted at the urging of the city attorney’s office."


3.http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-malibu-sewers7-2009nov07,0,4163417.story?track=rss
Raw sewage going into the beaches up in Los Angeles due to the bad septic tanks and piping from the years before. There is sewage and waste all over the beaches and are being drained from the pipes directly onto the beaches and they think the new septic tanks will be able to put an end to this and make the beaches more clean.. as well as sanitary. 


4. http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/encinitas/article_4d4777a4-0cd1-54b5-a36d-9ee741e3972a.html
"Indeed, said Honadle, cigarette butts are the most-littered form of trash globally and represent one out of every four pieces of trash picked up by volunteers at local beach cleanups. He also noted a recent study by San Diego State University professors Tom Novotny and Rick Gersberg, who recently found that chemicals leached from cigarette butts into water can kill fish."


5. http://sandiegonewsroom.com/news/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=36229:lawsuit-challenges-proposed-desalination-plants-eir&catid=41:water&Itemid=58
"On Sept. 15, the city of Carlsbad approved changes to the site plan and pipeline network of the proposed Carlsbad Desalination Project. Among of the approvals was an addendum made to the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) issued in 2006. A month later, the environmental groups San Diego Coastkeeper and Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation (CERF) have filed suit to challenge that addendum and the other changes approved by the city of Carlsbad."