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Traffic flows along Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades near Will Rogers State Beach in 2022. Thousands of gallons of raw sewage was diverted from leaking into the ocean at a popular Los Angeles-area beach — reopening the water and sand to revelers for Labor Day weekend, the L.A. County public health department announced Friday. Initially, health officials warned residents …

15,000-gallon sewage leak triggers closures at two L.A. County beaches

Parts of Venice Beach were closed after 15,000 gallons of sewage leaked into the ocean near Marina del Rey over the weekend. Parts of Venice Beach and Dockweiler State Beach are closed after 15,000 gallons of sewage leaked into the ocean near Marina del Rey over the weekend, the Los Angeles County Public Health Department said. Over the weekend, the …

14,000 gallons of raw sewage spill onto L.A. County beaches, forcing closure

Playa Del Rey Beach is seen in April 2020. A 14,400-gallon sewage spill from Ballona Creek forced Los Angeles County public health officials to close surrounding beaches. Roughly 14,400 gallons of untreated sewage forced Los Angeles County public health officials to warn people to stay out of the water at Dockweiler State Beach, Venice Beach and the surrounding area. It’s …

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California’s second wet winter in a row has left L.A.’s water supplies in good shape, and the city has used its reprieve from drought to make progress on water-saving infrastructure projects. After the state’s final snow survey of the season, officials with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power announced that Eastern Sierra snowpack is measuring 103% of normal, …

Heavy rains pummeling Southern California for the last several days are forcing millions of gallons of raw sewage to spew from sewer connections across Los Angeles County and flow into coastal waters off Long Beach and San Pedro, according to health and sanitation officials. As communities throughout the Los Angeles Basin cope with mudflows, power outages and flooding, county sanitation …

Los Angeles CNN — While this week’s atmospheric river drenched Southern California with record-breaking rainfall, some water managers were busy capturing some of that runoff to save for dry days ahead. Los Angeles County Public Works captured 2.7 billion gallons of stormwater as the rain fell in sheets, public information officer Liz Vazquez told CNN in an email – enough …

A helicopter drops fire retardant over a field during a recent demonstration in Irwindale. “As we get deeper into the fire season and this summer, we’re going to be approaching fall when the Santa Ana winds will return,” Los Angeles County Fire Department Chief Anthony Marrone said. “What sets the QRF helitankers apart is the game-changing ability to drop water …

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Californians were asked to cut water use 15% during the drought. How close did they get?

JJ Bennett waters the ninth hole during the First Look for the U.S. Open Championship 2022, in Los Angeles. The South Coast region, which includes Los Angeles and half the state’s population, cut water use by 6%, or about 7 fewer gallons per person per day, the analysis found. The communities were able to “cut their water use enough to …

A spill of 50,000 gallons of sewage temporarily closes Long Beach beaches to swimmers

Long Beach closed its local beaches Tuesday following the spill of 50,000 gallons of sewage into the Alhambra Wash. A sign warns visitors away during a previous closure in 2021. Long Beach officials have temporarily closed coastal swimming areas in the city after about 50,000 gallons of sewage spilled into the Alhambra Wash. Long Beach City Health Officer Dr. Anissa …

When it comes to slaking Southern California’s colossal thirst for water, more and more local governments are searching their own sewer lines for a solution. Among the massive water recycling initiatives now under development in Los Angeles County are a $3.4-billion plant at the Joint Water Pollution Control Plant in Carson and Operation Next — a roughly $16-billion plan from …

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