Venice Closed?

[BHB ScubaTroll]

There are varied issues... My opinion: Some of it was the drain off from the first real rains of the season. Venice has their street drain pipes draining into the Gulf at various points down the beach (darned unhealthy if you ask this uneducated diver)... my 2 psi

 

[under water]

So do the storm drains merge with the sewers in Venice then?
Not a good thing as it overwhelms the capacity of the treatment plants. I thought most cities took care of separating them in the 70's. Maybe I was just hoping they would.

When it happens there, do you also get an algae bloom?

 

[BHB ScubaTroll]

So do the storm drains merge with the sewers in Venice then?
Not a good thing as it overwhelms the capacity of the treatment plants. I thought most cities took care of separating them in the 70's. Maybe I was just hoping they would.

When it happens there, do you also get an algae bloom?

Has nothing to do with "merging" and everything to do with what was in the streets prior to the rainy season... dead animals, etc.

 

[Steve Thacker]

The new this morning - Wednesday 25th - indicates that Venice Beach is now open but the pier is still posted for high bacteria. They are hoping to retest the water in a couple of days by the pier and hopefully that area too will be open by the weekend.

.......the Adventure Continues

 

[CBulla]

There are varied issues... My opinion: Some of it was the drain off from the first real rains of the season. Venice has their street drain pipes draining into the Gulf at various points down the beach (darned unhealthy if you ask this uneducated diver)... my 2 psi

AH! Hence the high bacteria count near Alhambra area where there are the big drain pipes that eat baby ducks through the drain grates! Makes sense

 

[BHB ScubaTroll]

4 sets of drain pipes from VB down to the pier...

 

[Zardoz]

which day?

I would be willing to go.

I could do either, but how about Sunday? Depending on conditions.

 

[PolarbearBen]

Sunday sounds good. We'll have to watch the conditions.

 

[Zardoz]

Sunday sounds good. We'll have to watch the conditions.

Sounds like a plan, Sunday it is.

 

[cdoctor]

I went Scuba diving there yesterday 6/29. Saw no signs about the beach being closed. Had a great time. There were a lot of other divers and swimmers there also.