Beaches West of Belmont Pier Closed Due to Sewage Spill
Long Beach City Health Officer, Dr. Anissa Davis, ordered all swimming areas west of the Belmont Pier closed for water contact, due to a sewage spill.
According to a report received from the Los Angeles County Health Department yesterday, 9,000 gallons of sewage was discharged into the Los Angeles River from a sewage line controlled by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works. The spill occurred yesterday afternoon at approximately 1 p.m., in the City of Commerce, approximately 17 miles from Long Beach.
The total spill was estimated at 9,500 gallons. 500 gallons were captured and 9,000 gallons entered the storm drain and flowed into the Los Angeles River. Water testing will continue until results are in compliance with State water quality standards.
For the latest status on Long Beach recreational beach water quality, the public can call the Water Hotline at (562) 570-4199 or visit http://www.longbeach.gov/health/inspections-and-reporting/inspections/recreational-water-samples/.
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Once again our City leaders fail the citizens. And now put our children and residents, & participants at risk.
How many times does this have to happen before city gov. officials wake up ?
1. Why were vacuum trucks not ordered to begin recovery of the raw sewage spill ?
2. Why was the Los Angeles River not dammed or boomed to contain the spill ?
3. Why isn't the spill treated with a high dosage of chlorine to disinfect spill at source entrance location ?
4. Why was dye not added to accurately track the spill and eventual dispersal dilution of the pollution in our waterways ?
5. Why is Long Beach Junior Lifeguards not Postponing the event "out of an abundance of caution" and rescheduling the event when we can assure there is no risk in entering the ocean waters.
Suzie's children participate in these water activities and you would think there with be more concern for the public.
Its obvious that our government is completely incompetent. We all know the Los Angeles River dumps hazardous pollution on to all Long Beach - Beaches and waterways, yet nothing is done about it. They boom Rainbow Harbor and the Catalina Cruise Terminal to direct the pollution into the harbor because the Restaurants and Aquarium find it intolerable, yet nothing is done to solve the problem other than redirect.
The Los Angeles River just sits there with no plans to develop a catch basin, treatment plant, or booming / netting to catch simple large solids. Millions of dollars are wasted on the Queen Mary, and now plans for a great harbor at the end of a toilet bowl.
I'll do my best to change our current irresponsible leaders, and attempt to get some more responsible knowledgeable folks who are concerned citizens involved instead of burying there heads in our polluted sand.
A few weeks back they held the LB-JG pier jump I walked the beach front from the Jetty to the pier and found the beaches to be completely fouled with debris - And This was after Ms. Price called all hands on deck to clean the beach prior to the event - maybe there were just concerned with the hypodermic needles.
The city takes in millions a day from the Port & Oil, Convention Ctr etc. ( LB was a wealthy city -- other cites would love that kind of revenue. That doesn't include the regular taxes like Prop. Bus, fees etc ) It really very simple - lets take care of the simple things like maintain existing recreation areas, keep water clean along with the beach before continued leadership failures on things like the Olympic Pool (no need to rebuild with existing pools at site, The Decaying Pier, Potholes all over the LB area, Queen Mary, Los Angeles River, Bluff Erosion, Street Sweeping Scam (its to write tickets not clean streets), Prop M scam, Unfunded Pension Liabilities,
Wasteful City Spending with no honorable priorities, and on and on. The city taxation schemes have become a way to monetize Over-promised city pensions & run the city into bankruptcy .
Sad lifetime Long Beach resident
B Griffin