Clean Beaches & Ocean Standards

Algal Blooms

• Blue-Green Algae

Clean Beach Information

• California Beach Water Quality Information Page
• Beach Surveys: Warnings, Closures, and Rain Advisories
• Clean Beaches Initiative Grant Program
• My Water Quality Portal - Is it safe to swim in our waters?

Clean Beach Videos

• English Version:    no subtitles | subtitles
  
• Versión Español:   sin subtítulos | con subtítulos
  

Coastal Power Plants

• California Thermal   Plan
• Once Through Cooling / CWA 316(b) Regulations

Desalination

• Ocean Standards for Desalination Facilities

Enclosed Bays and Estuaries

• Sediment Quality Objectives

Ocean Water Quality

• Ocean Standards
• Areas of Special Biological Significance (map)
• Search for Beach Monitoring Data
• Search for Beach Advisory Data

Trash Control in State Water

• Developing the Statewide Plan

Vessel Discharges

• Vessel General Permit / small Vessel General Permit