Report Pollution & Water Waste

Take Action: Stop Polluters!

You play an important role in protecting San Diego’s water by being the eyes and ears for our local response agencies. You can help stop pollution of our creeks, lagoons, bays and coast – report pollution when you see it!

Coastkeeper is not an official response agency. But we can help make sure your observations get to the right place and that the appropriate action is taken. If you see someone dumping anything onto street surfaces, into creeks, lagoons or into storm drains in San Diego County, please report it immediately.

While not a ‘traditional’ pollutant, water waste is an important concern for the San Diego region. Water waste can contribute to problems with urban runoff. If you see an instance of water waste, it should be reported to the City of San Diego’s Water Waste hotline. Whether it is a broken sprinkler head or watering for too long, the city and Coastkeeper wants to hear about it so the owners/operators of the system can be made aware of and address the problem.

You have five options:

• If it is an emergency, please call 911 if its active dumping or a discharge of hazardous material.
• Call the San Diego County Regional Hotline at 888-846-0800. The County of San Diego will respond to all complaints in unincorporated areas and will refer complaints in the incorporated cities to the appropriate jurisdictions. During business hours, a staff person should answer your call. After hours, you can leave a message with details of your report.
• To speak to someone immediately, call the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) 800-852-7550. The SEMA hotline is staffed 24 hours a day.
• To report water waste in a specific area, please contact the appropriate department.
  • City of San Diego- Prevent Water Waste Hotline: (619) 515-3500 (press 5)
  • City of Carlsbad- (760) 438-2722
  • City of Chula Vista- (619) 397-6000
  • City of Coronado- To report spills or discharges, contact Public Services at (619) 522-7380 during regular working hours or the Police Department at (619) 522-7350 between 4:30 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Monday - Friday and on weekends
  • City of Del Mar- (858) 755-9313
  • City of El Cajon- Storm Water Hotline: (619) 441-1653
  • City of Encinitas- Clean Water Hotline: (Mon-Fri 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM) at (760) 633-2787 
or after hours: (760) 633-2922
  • City of Imperial Beach- (619)-424-4095
  • City of La Mesa- Storm Water Pollution Prevention Hotline: (619) 667-1134
  • City of Lemon Grove- Stormdrain Hotline: (619) 825-3827
  • City of Miramar- (954) 704-4431
  • City of National City- (619) 336-4389
  • City of Oceanside- Urban Runoff Hotline: (760) 435-4500
  • Port of San Diego
    • Port Tidelands-
 (619) 686-6254
    • Off-Port Tidelands-
(888) 846-0800
  • City of Poway- (858) 668-4700
  • San Diego Bay- 
Harbor Police: 
(619) 686-6272
  • City of Santee- (619) 258-4100 (x168)
  • City of Solana Beach- Contact Dan King: (858) 720-2477
  • City of Vista- Stormwater Hotline: (760) 726-1340 x 1686

• If you prefer, San Diego Coastkeeper can submit your observations and report for you. To do this, please fill out the form below and submit your report to our online system, and we will get it to the right agency. You can also call our office 619-758-7743 and leave a detailed message including your phone number.

We encourage you to fill out our online reporting form even if you have contacted one of the response agencies. This helps us track how well our local governments respond to pollution reports.

Pollution and Water Waste Incident Report

Thank you for filing a pollution incident report. Please fill out as much of the form as you can, and we'll make sure it gets to the right organization or government/state institution.

Pollution Incident Report

 

What type of problem did you see? *

Urgent/Emergency
Chronic
Other

 

If other please specify:

 

Which type of pollution is this?*

Over Watering
Oil
Hazardous Waste
Littering/Dumping
Pet Waste
Soap/Detergent
Unidentified substance in runoff (e.g. brightly coloured runoff)
Sewage
Other

 

If other please specify:

 

Please Describe:

 

Where did you see this? (please include address or landmarks)

 

Date of Incident:

 

Does it flow to a creek or storm drain?

Yes
No
I can’t tell

 

Suspected Source: Please include Name, Address, Phone Number and any other information you have.

 

Have you reported this?

911
Regional Hot-line
EMA - Emergency Management Agency
Other
I have not reported this

 

If you reported this, please type the details of your conversation here(as much detail as possible):

 

What evidence do you have?

Video
Photo
Other
None

 

If other please specify:

 

Please provide any further details here:

 

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Your Contact Information

 

We ask for your contact information so we can call you back in case we have follow up questions and/or to let you know the outcome of your report. However, all reports to our online system are submitted under the name of San Diego Coastkeeper. Your personal information is not released without your expressed permission.

 

First Name:*

 

Last Name:*

 

Email Address:*

 

Street Address:

 

City:

 

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