The following piece with my thoughts on urban runoff ran today in the Orange County Register:

Putting urban runoff on the run
Ocean-bound water can be cleaned without Draconian measures

The ocean water quality off Orange County’s beaches needs to be improved. There isn’t much debate about that. Whether you are a surfer who has experienced sickness after catching rights on a Saturday morning; or a businessperson suffering losses after another summer day with the beach closed by high bacteria levels in the ocean; or someone who just believes it’s the right thing to do, there is agreement that our economic and environmental health is well-served by dealing with the problem of urban runoff polluting our beaches.

So, how do we do it?

Click here to read the rest of the article and find out.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 19th, 2006 at 12:00 am and is filed under Blog Posts.