OC-IE Public Interest Green Fund
One of Coastkeeper’s five program pillars is enforcement- specifically to enforce compliance with state clean water laws and the Federal Clean Water Act. Although our preferred course of action is to collaborate with industries to reduce sources of pollution, Coastkeeper will resort to litigation if necessary. The goal of litigation is to force certain industries that have not followed clean [...]
Agricultural Pollution – Dairies
Chino was recently home to the highest concentration of dairy cows in the nation and with a mature dairy cow producing as much waste as 34 people or 114 pounds of manure per day, equaling 22.5 tons of manure per cow per year, water quality issues are a serious concern. Learn more…
Coastkeeper takes its role as a voice for the water quality interests of Orange County seriously. Through our work with legal interns volunteering for our Law and Policy Clinic, Coastkeeper regularly reviews environmental legislation being debated in Sacramento. In collaboration with the California Coastkeeper Alliance, Coastkeeper frequently comments on state bills which may directly or [...]
In the summer of 2002, Coastkeeper embarked on an investigation to answer: (1) how many pump-out stations are there; (2) are they each operational; (3) if not, what component is nonoperational; (4) sufficiently distributed around and within the marinas; (5) were they visible and well maintained; and (6) what is the water quality immediately surrounding the pump-out stations?
