One beach area in Manhattan Beach received the worst grade possible, an F, for its ocean water quality in wet weather.
That location, 28th St., received an A for dry weather, as did the other two testing sites in the city at 40th St. and the pier, both of which received year-round A grades, according to Heal The Bay's latest report.
Heal The Bay officials announced the best and worst offenders Thursday during a press conference near the Hermosa Beach Pier. The before-Memorial-Day report release has become an annual tradition.
Hermosa Beach's 26th St. was named to the Honor Roll for earning year-round A+ grades. The city's other monitoring location, 50 yards south of the pier, earned an A in dry weather months, a B in wet weather.
Heal The Bay, whose reports are based on water sampling for fecal bacteria pollution, assigning collection sites a grade based on an A-F scale. The higher the grade, the lower the risk of water-goers getting sick by contracting stomach flu, skin rashes and ear and upper respiratory infections.
In Redondo Beach, the Herondo St. storm drain area took home an A in dry weather and an F in wet months. The south side of its pier got a C in dry and F in wet weather while heading south the water scored better with Topaz St. garnering a C in dry and B in wet weather and Ave. I an A year-round.
To the north, the water in El Segundo at Grand Ave. received an A in dry and a D in wet weather while water near the Imperial Hwy. storm drain earned an A in dry weather and a B in wet.
Ocean water quality in Southern California is affected by pollution flushed out of storm drains during wet weather.
To see the grades for all 445 California beaches, click here.
A Beach Report Card app to check out the weekly analysis of coastline water quality for the West Coast is now available from Heal The Bay.
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