Supervisors Announce Program to Reduce Storm Drain Pollution
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has announced a $2.2-million program to cut storm water pollutants streaming into the ocean.
“We want to encourage businesses to be more attentive to what goes down the drain,” said Joel Bellman, spokesman for Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, who represents the coastal area.
“There are too many ports of entry into the system” for county officials to efficiently trace individual polluters, he said.
“The storm water system was designed for rainwater, plus whatever is on the street. Most businesses don’t know any better, and some continue to dump sometimes toxic wastes into the system,” he said.
As part of the three-year program, the county will hire three additional waste control inspectors.
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