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The
County of San Luis Obispo, Environmental Health
Department
monitors 13 locations on a weekly basis year round,
from as far upcoast as Cayucos State Beach in Cayucos
to a downcoast location at Pismo State Beach in Oceano.
Most samples were collected 25 yards north or south
of the mouth of a storm drain or creek.
Dry
weather water quality at all beaches in San Luis
Obispo
County was excellent. Of the 13 water quality monitoring
locations, 92% (see Table 10 and Table 11) of the
locations
received excellent water quality marks. The monitoring
location exception was Pismo Beach Pier-southside
of
the pier, which received a B.
Wet
weather water quality at beaches in San Luis Obispo
County was generally excellent. Only three monitoring
locations received fair-to-poor water quality marks:
Cayucos State Beach between Cayucos Creek and the Pier
(C), and Avila Beach at both San Juan Street (F) and
San Luis Street (F). .
Clean
Beach Initiative Summary
The City of Pismo Beach received a $1.2 million CBI
grant to replace an aged and inadequate sewage pump
station at Addie Street to better handle flows during
wet weather events, and reduce the number of potential
sewer overflows into Pismo Creek.
Sewage
Spill Summary
For the second year in a row, there were zero (0) reported
sewage spills in San Luis Obispo County that led to
beach closures.
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