NRDC & SANTA MONICA BAY KEEPERS FILE ENVIRONMENTALLAWSUIT AGAINST MALIBU & LOS ANGELES COUNTY

Nearly nine months after they announced their intention to sue Los Angeles county and the city of Malibu over water pollution, two environmental organizations on Monday made good on their word. The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Santa Monica Baykeeper filed suits against the local governments in the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.

The organizations allege, through using the county’s own data, that the county and city have continuously violated rules added to the federal Clean Water Act in 1991 setting limits on the amount of pollutants that can enter the watershed through storm water and other runoff. The pollutants include fecal bacteria, cyanide, sulfate and several others.

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