Santa Barbara Bodies of Water 'Impaired,' Report Says
42 Suffer From Various Pollutants, Including Fecal Coliform
Ethan Stewart
Santa Barbara Independent
04/30/2009
In a report released last week by the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, dozens of Santa Barbara County bodies of water and watersheds were preliminarily identified as being “impaired” due to various pollutant levels. Though the Control Board won’t vote until this summer on which bodies of water make the official list, Santa Barbara County had 42 infected bodies of water—26 more than the last time such a study was conducted in 2006...
