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20 Years in the Making: Will San Diego Bay Get Clean?

Think back to where you were in 1991, twenty years ago. The Silence of the Lambs won Best Picture, Gorbachev resigned and the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill Senate hearings were in full swing.  If you were …

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San Diego Coastkeeper Water Quality Monitoring Embarks on Bioassessment

During the June water monitoring event, we hired Nautilus Environmental to perform some bioassessment investigations at a few of our sampling sites. Bioassessments measure the physical habitat of streams and collect and identify the aquatic …

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The Toxic Nature of Copper in our Waters

Recent concerns over high levels of dissolved copper in San Diego Bay, likely due in part to leaching from boat hull paints, has led to calls for a new permitting process for in-water hull cleanings. …

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Copper Hull Paint Bill Passes First Committee

Back from Sacramento, with, if not a happy ending , then at least a happy beginning.  The copper hull paint bill Coastkeeper is sponsoring made it out of its first committee on a 5-1 vote. …

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Bathroom Water Quality: What’s in a bowl?

Test results from our homework assignment to show what we’ve learned at Coastkeeper. On March 15, my co-intern Noah and I had to do a school project that utilizes some things that we have learned …

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San Diego Coastkeeper Co-Sponsors Legislation to Phase Out Copper Hull Paint

  Photo Credit 9MPhoto.com “Ms. Solmer goes to Sacramento.”  Ok, it isn’t as catchy as the 1939 Frank Capra classic movie “Mr. Smith goes to Washington,” and it doesn’t star Jimmy Stewart. But Coastkeeper is …

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Clinic Reaches Milestone in Sediment Contamination Process

On March 11, our advocacy staff closed one chapter in a very long, contentious, and arduous book: cleaning up the toxic legacy of sediment contamination in San Diego Bay.  Though not one dredged scoop of …

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Do You Need a Permit to Clean Your Bottom?

The Unified Port of San Diego is currently proposing that independent hull divers and companies employing hull divers be required to carry permits in order to conduct in-water hull cleaning.  The fuel stoking this fire …

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Water Testing with the San Dieguito River Park

  One of the great things about our Water Quality Monitoring Program is that we have an opportunity to help other groups investigate their efforts at improving water quality. Our newest partner organization, San Dieguito …

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The spark that lights the San Diego water quality monitoring fire

Amanda, Chris and Taya test for pollution in water samples from throughout the region. The third Saturday morning of the month is one of those times that I always look forward to on the calendar.  …

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20 Years in the Making: Will San Diego Bay Get Clean?

Think back to where you were in 1991, twenty years ago. The Silence of the Lambs won Best Picture, Gorbachev resigned and the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill Senate hearings were in full swing.  If you were …

Read More

San Diego Coastkeeper Water Quality Monitoring Embarks on Bioassessment

During the June water monitoring event, we hired Nautilus Environmental to perform some bioassessment investigations at a few of our sampling sites. Bioassessments measure the physical habitat of streams and collect and identify the aquatic …

Read More

The Toxic Nature of Copper in our Waters

Recent concerns over high levels of dissolved copper in San Diego Bay, likely due in part to leaching from boat hull paints, has led to calls for a new permitting process for in-water hull cleanings. …

Read More

Copper Hull Paint Bill Passes First Committee

Back from Sacramento, with, if not a happy ending , then at least a happy beginning.  The copper hull paint bill Coastkeeper is sponsoring made it out of its first committee on a 5-1 vote. …

Read More

Bathroom Water Quality: What’s in a bowl?

Test results from our homework assignment to show what we’ve learned at Coastkeeper. On March 15, my co-intern Noah and I had to do a school project that utilizes some things that we have learned …

Read More

San Diego Coastkeeper Co-Sponsors Legislation to Phase Out Copper Hull Paint

  Photo Credit 9MPhoto.com “Ms. Solmer goes to Sacramento.”  Ok, it isn’t as catchy as the 1939 Frank Capra classic movie “Mr. Smith goes to Washington,” and it doesn’t star Jimmy Stewart. But Coastkeeper is …

Read More

Clinic Reaches Milestone in Sediment Contamination Process

On March 11, our advocacy staff closed one chapter in a very long, contentious, and arduous book: cleaning up the toxic legacy of sediment contamination in San Diego Bay.  Though not one dredged scoop of …

Read More

Do You Need a Permit to Clean Your Bottom?

The Unified Port of San Diego is currently proposing that independent hull divers and companies employing hull divers be required to carry permits in order to conduct in-water hull cleaning.  The fuel stoking this fire …

Read More

Water Testing with the San Dieguito River Park

  One of the great things about our Water Quality Monitoring Program is that we have an opportunity to help other groups investigate their efforts at improving water quality. Our newest partner organization, San Dieguito …

Read More

The spark that lights the San Diego water quality monitoring fire

Amanda, Chris and Taya test for pollution in water samples from throughout the region. The third Saturday morning of the month is one of those times that I always look forward to on the calendar.  …

Read More