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Heal
the Ocean Library
A
collection of recent reports,
articles and videos
Reports
HTO
Spring 2007 Newsletter
Ocean
Wastewater Discharge Inventory for the State
of California [PDF]
From the Oregon border to San Diego/Baja,
the state of California is putting an immense
amount of sewage into the ocean - some of
it in very shallow water, even the surf
zone. Read HTO's preliminary tally of how
the ocean is being used to dilute human
waste, a practice we're committed to eliminating.
Dangers
of Swimming in Secondary Sewage (Kator Report)
[PDF]
Written by environmental
microbiologist Howard Kator (U. of Virginia
College of William & Mary), this report
illustrates the dangers of swimming in ocean
water where sewage is being dumped in shallow
water. Sections of the report were included
in NRDC report to Congress "Swimming
in Sewage" in February 2004.
Lower
Rincon Beach DNA [PDF]
This
is one of the first environmental DNA studies
done in the U.S.! To put an end to speculation
about the sources of pollution at the Rincon,
a world-class surf spot, HTO commissioned
a DNA lab to analyze what is really going
on there.
Report
on the Tajiguas Landfill [PDF]
Read the shocking
report that made front headlines when released
by Heal the Ocean - about the Tajiguas Landfill
in Santa Barbara County not only being unlined,
but mixing with 80 to 100 ft. of groundwater.
Cost
of Tertiary Wastewater Treatment for Santa
Barbara
To find out
what it would cost ratepayers to upgrade
sewage treatment to full tertiary levels
- that's irrigation water quality - before
dumping it in the ocean, HTO commissioned
the engineering firm of Metcalf & Eddy,
San Diego, to do a cost/feasibility study
on all five wastewater treatment plants
on the Santa Barbara south coast. Read what
those costs are!
Heal
the Ocean Virus Report [PDF]
HTO periodically
checks the ocean - popular swimming beaches
- for evidence of human waste (Hepatitis
A and enteric viruses), and we've found
them. We've found them when creeks and storm
drains are NOT running, which is why we
continue to look at other sources - like
groundwater.
Water
Reclamation Research
During the spring
of 2000, Heal the Ocean retained graduate
students from the Bren School of Environmental
Science and Management at UCSB to conduct
a research project on the use of reclaimed
water in Santa Barbara County. The purpose
of the research was to study the feasibility
of upgrading all secondary treatment of
wastewater to tertiary treatment while expanding
the uses of reclaimed water within the County
(file is 33 megabytes).
Articles
Groundswell
Society: Hillary Hauser
[PDF]
Read about the formation of Heal the Ocean,
and of Hillary's experience forming Heal the
Ocean! Published in Groundswell's annual publication.
Another
Day at the Beach - by Hillary Hauser
Read the article that started it all. Referred
to by many as the "Genesis Article",
this document paved the way for the formation
of Heal the Ocean. A real eye-opener.
The
Odyssey of Hillary Hauser and Heal the Ocean
As
avid lovers of the ocean and Santa Barbara,
Naomi and I jumped at the opportunity to
meet Hillary Hauser of Heal the Ocean and
to learn more about the life of this outstanding
woman...
Videos
Videos below require
Quicktime 7 that can be downloaded
free from this website.
Goleta
Outfall Video
See the 3-minute
video that helped win our case to require
the Goleta Sanitary District to upgrade
its sewage treatment to full secondary levels!
Features divers Hillary Hauser (executive
director of HTO) and advisory board member
Jeff Maassen, film made by Jim Knowlton
of Blue Ocean Productions.
Another
Day at the Beach Video
This inspirational
video (4 min.), shot by Jim Knowlton of
Blue Ocean Productions, documents the public
passion and outcry about ocean pollution,
that gave birth to Heal the Ocean!
Grassroots
for the Ocean Video (2006)
A follow-up
video , also filmed by Jim Knowlton of Blue
Ocean Productions,continues on the theme
of public pressure to end ocean pollution.
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