In San Diego County alone, beaches were closed for over 3 months of the year.
More oil enters coastal waters from street run-off than from tanker spills.
Each year, over 60 million persons visit Los Angeles 33 miles of beaches , over 32 million to Orange County beaches, and over 17 million visitors to San Diego's coasts. In San Francisco, coastal waters are impacted by a combines sewer system with outfalls at 37 points, dumping as much as 1.7 billion gallons of partially treated sewage into the San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The EPA has identified at least 67 toxic pollutants in urban run-off. Criteria for beach closure standards vary widely from a total coliform count allowable in New York of 2,400 to 1,000 for California.