Almost 60% of the country’s water-tested beaches were too polluted for safe swimming at least once last year, according to a new report.
July 23, 2019 -- A new report finds that almost 60% of the country’s water-tested beaches were too polluted for safeTwo areas of the country had particularly worrisome results: Among the sites that tested their water, 85% of Gulf Coast beaches and 75% of Great Lakes beaches were unsafe for swimming at least once last year.
, respiratory, or other illnesses. The agency recommends issuing a public warning, but those decisions are made at the local level. More than 600 beaches had unsafe results in at least 25% of the tests. No state tested was completely free of potentially dangerous contamination. “Our data doesn’t tell us why the beaches are polluted, but we know that sewage overflows and stormwater runoff tend to happen in large metropolitan areas,” says Rumpler. When it rains, the water has nowhere to go on developed landscapes like parking lots and sidewalks. It runs off into the street, pulling bacteria and chemicals along with it. That contaminated rainwater flows into the nearest waterway, or into the sewer.
“This report is the bad news. The good news is that we believe there’s a real opportunity to start preventing this pollution and solving this problem,” says Rumpler. “Congress is right now considering reauthorization of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund -- the major source of federal funding to invest in clean water infrastructure. If we do the right kinds of projects, it can prevent a lot of the pollution we’re seeing at our beaches.
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