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The facility discharges treated water about 800 feet (240 m) into San Francisco Bay. [2] Constructed in 1952, the 40-acre (160,000 m 2) facility is planned to be updated with new digesters by the mid-2020s. [3]
USA Today compiled the EPA data, as reported by Jan. 11, and residents can use an interactive map to see if their community’s water provider detected the toxic compounds.
This is a list of Superfund sites in California designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up ...
The Porter-Cologne Act (California Water Code, Section 7) was created in 1969 and is the law that governs water quality regulation in California. The legislation bears the names of legislators Carley V. Porter and Gordon Cologne. [1] It was established to be a program to protect water quality as well as beneficial uses of water.
Just in the San Francisco Bay, four refineries — including Valero Benicia and Phillips 66 Rodeo — released into tributaries at least 1,057 pounds of selenium, 1.2 million pounds of nitrogen ...
A view of Los Angeles covered in smog. Pollution in California relates to the degree of pollution in the air, water, and land of the U.S. state of California.Pollution is defined as the addition of any substance (solid, liquid, or gas) or any form of energy (such as heat, sound, or radioactivity) to the environment at a faster rate than it can be dispersed, diluted, decomposed, recycled, or ...
West tunnel to Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant, March 2020 Oceanside is a secondary treatment plant handling about 20% of the city's wastewater from one-third of the city's residents. Its maximum capacity is 65 million US gallons (250,000 m 3 ) per day, with an average daily dry weather flow of 17 million US gallons (64,000 m 3 ).
Many coffee drinkers in the San Francisco area are taking Blue Bottle's announcement in stride. "Of course it's a good idea," said freelance writer Tracy Schroth, at a Blue Bottle cafe in Oakland.