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The Stormwater “Safe Harbor” Explained

This blog was published May 2, 2013. Click here for more up-to-date information on Safe Harbor laws in San Diego. The Clean Water Act is the primary tool we use to protect and restore fishable, …

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Utilizing Volunteer-Generated Data

A few weeks ago I was invited to attend a workshop hosted by the EPA called Technology to Empower Citizen Scientists. About 60 people from NGOs and state and federal agencies got together to discuss …

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Tijuana River Valley

The Tijuana River Valley (Valley) has a decades-long history of water quality issues. Significant improvements in the arena of wastewater treatment have in recent years improved water quality on both sides of the border. However, …

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Cleaning Up Our La Jolla Storm Drains

A few years ago, the city spent millions on building the City of San Diego Coastal Low Flow Diversion Program. However, the system only works if the City properly maintains it. During the dry season, low …

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A Pollution Patrol Success Story

When you report a pollution issue to Coastkeeper, you’ll know that you were the catalyst to solving the problem. Recently, a San Diego resident called our pollution reporting hotline to let us know that a …

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Coastkeeper Watershed Report Announced

The Water Quality Monitoring Lab here at San Diego Coastkeeper is proud to announce our 2009-2010 Watershed report. It’s taken us a while, but we have crunched down the data that our volunteers and partners …

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Working Together to Tackle San Diego’s #1 Pollution Problem

Urban runoff is San Diego’s #1 pollution problem.  Because San Diego gets rain so infrequently, pollutants build up on the land over time.  When it rains, those pollutants are carried into our storm drains and …

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May Water Monitoring Results

Preliminary results are in for our May 19 water quality monitoring event. Water quality in May was overall pretty good. The map on the right shows the “winners” and “losers” for the month. The sites marked in green …

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Earth Day 2012: Walk There

This tip is part of San Diego Coastkeeper’s Earth Day blog series running through April 22, 2012. Do your mental and physical health a favor and make less pollution. Walk there. When you need a …

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Low Impact Development in Electric Style

Low impact development, or “re-development” as New School of Architecture and Design speaker Leslie Ryan emphasized on Tuesday night, is the key to reducing the amount of pollution that runs into our beautiful San Diego …

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The Stormwater “Safe Harbor” Explained

This blog was published May 2, 2013. Click here for more up-to-date information on Safe Harbor laws in San Diego. The Clean Water Act is the primary tool we use to protect and restore fishable, …

Read More

Utilizing Volunteer-Generated Data

A few weeks ago I was invited to attend a workshop hosted by the EPA called Technology to Empower Citizen Scientists. About 60 people from NGOs and state and federal agencies got together to discuss …

Read More

Tijuana River Valley

The Tijuana River Valley (Valley) has a decades-long history of water quality issues. Significant improvements in the arena of wastewater treatment have in recent years improved water quality on both sides of the border. However, …

Read More

Cleaning Up Our La Jolla Storm Drains

A few years ago, the city spent millions on building the City of San Diego Coastal Low Flow Diversion Program. However, the system only works if the City properly maintains it. During the dry season, low …

Read More

A Pollution Patrol Success Story

When you report a pollution issue to Coastkeeper, you’ll know that you were the catalyst to solving the problem. Recently, a San Diego resident called our pollution reporting hotline to let us know that a …

Read More

Coastkeeper Watershed Report Announced

The Water Quality Monitoring Lab here at San Diego Coastkeeper is proud to announce our 2009-2010 Watershed report. It’s taken us a while, but we have crunched down the data that our volunteers and partners …

Read More

Working Together to Tackle San Diego’s #1 Pollution Problem

Urban runoff is San Diego’s #1 pollution problem.  Because San Diego gets rain so infrequently, pollutants build up on the land over time.  When it rains, those pollutants are carried into our storm drains and …

Read More

May Water Monitoring Results

Preliminary results are in for our May 19 water quality monitoring event. Water quality in May was overall pretty good. The map on the right shows the “winners” and “losers” for the month. The sites marked in green …

Read More

Earth Day 2012: Walk There

This tip is part of San Diego Coastkeeper’s Earth Day blog series running through April 22, 2012. Do your mental and physical health a favor and make less pollution. Walk there. When you need a …

Read More

Low Impact Development in Electric Style

Low impact development, or “re-development” as New School of Architecture and Design speaker Leslie Ryan emphasized on Tuesday night, is the key to reducing the amount of pollution that runs into our beautiful San Diego …

Read More