SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — According to the California State Water Resources Control Board, there are more than 1,700 beaches, rivers, lakes and coastal waters that are severely polluted or “impaired.”
Every two years, the State Water Board is required to create a list of seriously polluted water bodies, known as the “303(d) list,” after Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act.
The list, which was formerly adopted on June 15, indicates that more than 90 percent of Californians live within 10 miles of a severely polluted waterway.
“The new list reflects a staggering water pollution problem in California,” said Tom Lyons of the California Coastkeeper Alliance. “It shows just how far California is from realizing the Clean Water Act’s promise of fishable, swimmable, drinkable waterways almost four decades after the Act was signed into law.”
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