1. WATER QUALITY IN SANTA MONICA BAY
WHERE?
-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
-MAJOR CITIES: LOS ANGELES

2. SANTA MONICA BAY

3. SANTA MONICA BAY WATERSHEDS
9 MILLION PEOPLE
28 WATERSHEDS
WATER QUALITY POOR AND GETTING WORSE

4. WATERSHEDS

5. POLLUTION NUTRIENT LOADING(FERTILIZERS AND UNTREATED WASTE)
PESTICIDES AND HEAVY METALS
INCEASE BOD AND COD
INCREASE IN BACTERIA IN WATER COLUMN
RELATED TO INCREASE IN POP.

6. MANAGEMENT CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION AND DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY
1988 EPA INCLUDES SMB IN NATIONAL ESTUARY PROJECT
1988 SANTA MONICA BAY RESTORATION PROJECT(SMBRP)

7. MANAGEMENT
EPA INVOLVEMENT BECAUSE FAILURE OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN REGULATING BAY AREA
EPA STUDY LINKS 50% INCREASE IN HEALTH PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH SWIMMING NEAR STORM WATER OUT FLOW PIPES AND CANALS

8. MANAGEMENT SMBRP INCREASE WATER QUALITY
DECREASE POINT AND NON-POINT SOURCES OF POLLUTION
FIRST STORM WATER PERMITS IN NATION
INCREASE FINES

9. STORM WATER

10. STORM WATER

11. HEALTH RISKS