With the addition of a monitoring location at Mad River Mouth North in October 2004, Humboldt County has 5 sites on this year’s annual report card. The other locations are Trinidad State Beach near Mill Creek, Luffenholtz Beach near Luffenholtz Creek, Moonstone County Park (Little River State Beach) near Little River, and Clam Beach County Park near Strawberry Creek. The Environmental Health Department monitors sampling locations on a weekly basis from April through October. Throughout the winter season sampling is limited to approximately twice a month. The monitoring program is funded by the Environmental Protection
Agency’s National Beach Guidance and Performance Criteria for Recreational Waters Program. For additional water quality information visit the Humboldt County Department of Environmental Health website.
Humboldt County’s dry weather water quality was excellent last year. Of the 5 monitored beaches in Humboldt County covered in this report, all locations received A grades for both the summer dry weather time period and overall dry weather period (Figure 3 and 4). During wet weather, Mad River Mouth received the county’s lowest grade of C. Moonstone County Park improved from last year’s wet weather D grade to a B this year.
Sewage Spill Summary
There were zero (0) reported sewage spills in Humboldt County that led to beach closures.
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