Well how about that! Our wonderful San Diego beaches are really clean! It’s true. The Heal the Bay organization just released it’s End of Summer Beach Report Card, and 78 of the 79 beaches in San Diego received an A or B grade for water quality. Hell yeah! I’ve always thought our beaches were special… now I have proof! I’ve got a friend who always rags on me for going to the “shitty San Diego beaches” all the time, but now I have something to shove right in his smug face! Ha!
Via SignOnSanDiego.Com:
All but one of San Diego County’s 79 monitored beaches had excellent water quality during the summer months, according to a report released today by the environmental group Heal the Bay.
According to Heal the Bay’s 2009 “End of Summer Beach Report Card,” 78 of the 79 beaches in San Diego County monitored between Memorial Day and Labor Day received an A or B grade for water quality.
The only dark spot this summer was Pacific Beach Point, which received an F grade, according to Heal the Bay.
Heal the Bay attributed a five-year trend of improved beach water quality to local efforts to divert storm drain runoff into sewage treatment systems during the busy summer months.
There were two known sewage spills in San Diego County that led to beach closures this summer, one at Dog Beach in Ocean Beach and the other at the Oceanside Pier, according to Heal the Bay.
Statewide, beachgoers in California experienced a third consecutive summer of excellent water quality, according to Heal the Bay.
KPBS – San Diego Beaches Get Top Marks In Beach Report Card.