Santa Barbara County Environmental Health Services
Ocean Monitoring Results

ReSample Results for the Week of: October 6, 2008

(Website updated on Wednesdays and Fridays. Last update 10/10/08)

 

“Due to loss of funding, Environmental Health Services (EHS) is no longer able to conduct weekly ocean water testing. Further updates to the data on ocean water quality will not be available. EHS regrets any inconvenience this causes. Thank you.”

 

  

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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

906

No

146

No

<10

No

No

Open

Butterfly Beach

10

No

<10

No

20

No

No

Open

Carpinteria City

<10

No

<10

No

96

No

No

Open

Carpinteria State

<10

No

<10

No

<10

No

No

Open

East Beach- Mission Creek

20

<10

No

No

10

<10

No

No

106

<10

Yes

No

No

No

Warning

Open

East Beach Sycamore Creek

<10

No

<10

No

<10

No

No

Open

El Capitan State Beach

41

No

<10

No

<10

No

No

Open

Gaviota State Beach

<10

No

<10

No

<10

No

No

Open

Goleta Beach

73

No

10

No

10

No

No

Open

Guadalupe Dunes Beach

<10

No

<10

No

<10

No

No

Open

Hammonds

20

No

10

No

10

No

No

Open

Haskell's Beach

10

No

<10

No

10

No

No

Open

Hope Ranch Beach

63

No

31

No

20

No

No

Open

Jalama Beach

20

No

<10

No

<10

No

No

Open

Leadbetter

52

No

<10

No

<10

No

No

Open

Ocean/Surf  Beach

<10

No

<10

No

<10

No

No

Open

Refugio State Beach

<10

No

<10

No

<10

No

No

Open

Rincon at Bates Beach

<10

No

<10

No

<10

No

No

Open

Sands at Coal Oil Point

10

No

10

No

<10

No

No

Open

Summerland Beach

20

<10

No

No

<10

<10

No

No

284

<10

Yes

No

No

No

Warning

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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