Results tagged “sewer”

Because rain continued to drop today, the Los Angeles County Department of Health extended an advisory that warned beach goers to stay away from swimming near discharging storm drains, creeks, and rivers. That's because "bacteria, debris, trash, and other public health hazards from city streets and mountain areas are likely to enter ocean waters though these outlets," they said.

Malibu has had a longtime struggle with water quality in the area; the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board say "old septic tanks lea[k] sewage into the ocean, Malibu Creek and Lagoon," according to an AP report published on abc7.com. Residents, however, fear that converting to sewer lines "would result in unrestrained development."

Sewer work on a small section of Cesar E. Chavez Ave. between North Broadway and New High will resume today lasting up to two weeks (.pdf). Crews will reduce traffic lanes on North Broadway and Cesar E. Chavez Ave. to rehabilitate aging pipeline as part of a $2 billion settlement agreement with the EPA and Santa Monica Baykeeper. In 2001, the Environmental Protection Agency sued the city of Los Angeles over frequent sewage spills, which were reported to happen on average two times a day. Between 1994 and 2004--when the settlement was reached--it was estimated that Los Angeles had experienced more than 4,500 spills.

    

Ever since the high desert city of Lancaster took sewer maintenance duties from LA County, they've been facing a problem: objects are illegally being dumped into sewers causing sewage to backup and overflow onto the streets.