According to a UC Irvine study of hundreds of surfers, urban beach water made surfers ill twice as often as did ocean surf in more rural areas. The findings suggest that widespread exposure to ...

Urban runoff is the leading cause of water pollution in Southern California. ... The permit applies to most cities in the county as well as the county flood control district and unincorporated areas.

Flash flooding ranks among the top weather-related killers in the U.S. But what is it exactly, and how does it happen?

The San Diego County Department of Environmental Health and Quality issued a General Rain Advisory to avoid water contact at all coastal ... Home » Crime » Rain Brings Urban Runoff To Area Beaches.

The urban marsh helps filter polluted runoff from the surrounding area. It’s storm season, and that means flood season. When it rains, water sheets off the roofs, parking lots, and roads that ...

We know the lakes and rivers in and around urban environments are contaminated by plastic debris, detergents, pesticides, heavy metals and other contaminants, but new research is showing that urban ...

And all that rain is impacting nearly everyone in some way. "Our infrastructure for handling storm water runoff in our urban areas, our roads, our streets, our parking lots, our rooftops, that's ...

Managing storm-water runoff in urban settings is critical to keep basements dry, streets clear and passable, and streams and rivers healthy, but how much are homeowners willing to pay for it? A ...

In urban areas, though, when it rains, it pours! City streets, rooftops and parking lots make for hard surfaces that convert huge amounts of rainwater directly into runoff.

Phosphorus levels leaving the farms were better than what came in from Lake Okeechobee, she said. While Lake O water carried 198 parts per billion of phosphorus, farm runoff had a cleaner 85 parts ...