Carlsbad Makes Beach Honor Roll

The beach water quality in San Diego County including Carlsbad during the summer season was among the best in the state, although the Tijuana River mouth made the list of the state's most polluted beaches due to a sewage spill, according to Heal the Bay's 23rd annual Beach Report Card released Thursday.

"Summer and winter swimming at San Diego beaches (have) probably never been better in recent history than now,'' Heal the Bay Urban Programs Manager James Alamillo said. "(With) the combination of low rainfall, projects implemented to control dry-weather discharges and greater public education, the county and its municipalities seemingly have runoff issues under control.'' Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for sewage,'' Alamillo said. "Once again, San Diego led all California coastal counties in the volume of sewage spilled.''

Avalon Harbor Beach on Catalina Island was named the most polluted beach in the state, according to the report.

Heal the Bay placed 11 beaches in Oceanside, Carlsbad, Cardiff-by-the- Sea, Del Mar and Point Loma on its 35-beach Honor Roll. San Diego County had more beaches on the Honor Roll than any other county in the state, according to Heal the Bay. 

–City News Service