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HTO announces nationwide release of California ocean wastewater discharge report and inventory

Posted by: Maven on March 18, 2010 at 6:35 am

From YubaNet.com:

“SANTA BARBARA, Calif. March 15, 2010 – The California Ocean Wastewater Discharge Report and Inventory is an exhaustive survey of wastewater discharged into the Pacific Ocean along the California coast from the Oregon border to San Diego/Tijuana. In addition to being the first resource that gathers into one place some important, hard-to-find details of California wastewater discharge, the HTO Report and Inventory examines the new threats posed by Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) that escape standard wastewater treatment.

CECs include some ingredients found in personal care products (antibacterial soaps, shampoos, pharmaceuticals) and other chemicals. Now being discharged directly into the environment, these chemicals are making their way into sea life and humans. While state agencies are studying which chemicals to monitor, the HTO Report and Inventory goes a step further: it discusses wastewater treatment methods that remove CECs as well as bacteria, before reclaimed water is discharged into the ocean and groundwater. It discusses the need to remove CECs from biosolids now used on agricultural crops. Finally, this report outlines the need for technology to reclaim all wastewater, and how reclamation of wastewater can end ocean discharges altogether. … “


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March 18, 2010 · Filed Under Oceans & Beaches

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