Santa Barbara County Environmental Health Services
Ocean Monitoring Results

Sample Results for the Week of: June 29, 2009

(Website updated on Wednesdays and Fridays. Last update 7/1/09)

  

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Total Coliform (std=10,000 MPN*)

Exceeds Standard

Fecal Coliform (std =400 MPN*)

Exceeds Standard

Enterococcus (std=104MPN*)

Exceeds Standard

Exceeds FC:TC ratio standard**

Beach status

Arroyo Burro

3873

No

10

No

<10

No

No

Open

Butterfly Beach

Lab error – no results

Open

Carpinteria State

74

No

52

No

10

No

No

Open

East Beach- Mission Creek

187

No

98

No

<10

No

No

Open

East Beach Sycamore Creek

Lab error – no results

Open

El Capitan State Beach

86

No

52

No

<10

No

No

Open

Gaviota State Beach

<10

No

<10

No

<10

No

No

Open

Goleta Beach

98

No

63

No

<10

No

No

Open

Guadalupe Dunes Beach

472

No

<10

No

<10

No

No

Open

Hammonds

Lab error – no results

Open

Hope Ranch Beach

30

No

<10

No

<10

No

No

Open

Jalama Beach

20

No

<10

No

<10

No

No

Open

Leadbetter

10

No

<10

No

<10

No

No

Open

Refugio State Beach

<10

No

<10

No

<10

No

No

Open

Sands at Coal Oil Point

<10

No

<10

No

<10

No

No

Open

Summerland Beach

Lab error – no results

Open

*mpn = most probable number = bacterial count per 100 ml of water
**State health standard is exceeded when fecal coliform (FC) to total coliform ratio exceeds 0.1 and
total coliform count exceeds 1,000mpn


Note
 Re-samples are typically taken on Wednesdays and shown in bold.

Open: Sampling results indicate that water quality meets state health standards.

 

Warning:  WarningSign.jpg

 

Sampling results indicate that bacterial levels exceed health standards at this location.Yellow ‘WARNING’ signs have been posted at the beach. County Health Officer cautions that contact with ocean water may increase risk of illness. Visitors are advised to stay a minimum of 50 yards away from both sides of creek mouths or storm drains.

 

Closed:
ClosedSign.jpg
Water has been contaminated by sewage at this location! Contact with ocean water may cause illness. Red ‘KEEP OUT’ signs have been posted at the beach. The County Health Officer advises the public to stay out of the water a minimum of ¼ mile away from both sides of creek mouths or storm drains. The beach will remain closed until re-sampling results indicate ocean water meets state health standards.

 

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