Is the treated sewage (effluent) discharged from the Hyperion Treatment Plant causing the bacterial contamination of our beaches in SMB?
Years of monitoring indicate the wastewater “plume” does not reach the shore. Bacterial contamination of the beaches is almost always caused by storm drain discharges, which occur during dry weather as well as during and after a storm. Dry-weather flows originate as runoff from rooftops, residential yards, parking lots, freeways, industrial and commercial facilities, construction sites, golf courses, parks, and many other surfaces.
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