Public health officials posted a beach closure advisory on their website urging residents to avoid swimming at Dockweiler and El Segundo beaches and shared the notification on Twitter at 5:30 p.m. Monday. Officials and environmental experts said such delays put the public at risk, and the county needs to improve its protocols for notification and testing. Advertisement“A press release posted on the L.A. County Department of Public Health webpage is not good enough,” said Shelley Luce, president and chief executive of Heal the Bay. Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn said Tuesday that she was seeking answers from county health officials and the city, which operates the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant. During the hours-long operation, crews directed the sewage through a 1-mile pipe that ends 50 feet under the water, Dafeta said.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 13, 2021 22:39 UTC