LA County Official Comments on Heal the Bay’s Beach Report Card

Spokesman for the Los Angeles County Flood Control District available for comment on the state of water quality along the County coastline.

QUOTE ATTRIBUTABLE TO MARK PESTRELLA, ASSISTANT DEPUTY DIRECTOR, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

“We applaud these efforts to educate the public about their role in protecting regional water quality,” says Mark Pestrella, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Flood Control District. “We’re also very pleased to see that the operations of the Flood Control District continue to play an important role in protecting our County coastline. Our Marie Canyon facility in Malibu has removed Puerco Beach from the list of ‘Beach Bummers’ for the first time in three years. Low-flow diversions protect Santa Monica Bay beaches by redirecting urban runoff away from the coast for treatment, and Mother’s Beach in Marina del Rey is now getting an “A” grade because of special devices that circulate its surface waters. The Flood Control District has the technology and expertise; our biggest challenge is long-term water quality funding to keep these types of operations on-going.”

Contact: Kerjon Lee

                                                                                    Office: (626) 458-4348

Mobile: (626) 476-0533

kelee@dpw.lacounty.gov