LOS ANGELES, July 31 – The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health continues cautioning residents who are planning to visit several Los Angeles County beaches, including beaches near Hyperion, to be careful of swimming, surfing, and playing in ocean waters around discharging storm drains, creeks, and rivers.
Recent special ocean water sampling conducted by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health on Friday July 30th determined that beach areas near Hyperion continued to exceed state standards for bacteria in water.
Note that no untreated sewage is currently being discharged into the ocean and ocean waters bacterial levels often fluctuate from day to day and can be impacted by recent rain events.
Lifeguards have been notified to post yellow advisory signs and the Public Health Beach Water Quality webpage has been updated.
Affected beach areas still exceeding state standards include:
Dockweiler State Beach
Ballona Creek (Near Dockweiler Tower 40)
Culver Blvd storm drain
Imperial Highway storm drain
Westchester storm drain
World Way extension
Other beaches under advisory also include the below beach areas. These advisories are very likely due to day-to-day fluctuations in ocean water bacteria levels. At this time, there is no reason to suspect these increases in beach water bacteria are due to the recent sewage discharge at Hyperion.
Avalon Beach at Catalina Island (50 feet east of the pier)
Pico-Kenter storm drain (Santa Monica Beach)
Topanga Canyon Lagoon (Topanga Canyon Beach in Malibu)
The following beach area sample results identified water quality levels within State standards and yesterday’s warnings have been lifted:
Hyperion Plant outfall at Dockweiler State Beach
Topsail Street extension (Venice Beach)