Goleta Outfall Video
Years ago, Hillary Hauser and Jeff Maassen of Heal the Ocean and I dived the Goleta outfall to see what was coming out of the waste water treatment plant's pipeline. I made this video and Jeff and Hillary played it at a Water Board hearing that was held to decide whether Goleta Sanitary District would get a renewal of their 5 year waiver on the need to comply with the Clean Water Act. The Clean Water Act requires full secondary treatment of sewage before discharging into the ocean. This video was a deciding factor in the Board's decision to deny a continuation of the waiver and thereby forcing Goleta Sanitary District to upgrade their facility to secondary treatment. Construction will begin in 2010 to upgrade the treatment plant and full secondary treatment of sewage will begin in 2014.
Hopefully then our ocean water won't be so green!
Heal the Ocean is one of the most effective grass roots organization in California. They reduce ocean pollution one source at a time. www.healtheocean.org
For more information:
www.blueoceanproductions.com/
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Hopefully then our ocean water won't be so green!
Heal the Ocean is one of the most effective grass roots organization in California. They reduce ocean pollution one source at a time. www.healtheocean.org
For more information:
www.blueoceanproductions.com/
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Posted by Jim Knowlton at 3/11/2010 11:11 PM 
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Tags: wastewater treatment sewage Goleta enviroment ocean pollution outfall video Heal the Ocean
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