UPDATE: STATE WATER BOARD HEARING — MALIBU SEPTICS

STATE WATER BOARD HEARING — MALIBU SEPTICS

Last November, with the support of the Surfrider Foundation and the WLAM Chapter, the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) finally stepped up to solve a serious public health issue for Malibu surfers and beachgoers by adopting a prohibition on new septics
and a phase-out of current septics in the Malibu Civic Center area while the City of Malibu pursues a permanent solution. The adopted prohibition is a long overdue, legally enforceable action that should fulfill the promise of clean water in Malibu.

There is great urgency in solving the water quality issues in the Malibu Civic Center area. Over a million people visit Surfrider annually, and beach-goers have spent decades recreating in polluted waters with major health consequences. Enough is enough.

On September 21, 20 years of activism and struggle will conclude as the California State Water Board considers this resolution as a matter of California law. If approved by the State Water Board, the resolution phasing out Civic Center septics will begin to bring clean water to Surfrider Beach.

More to come on ways for chapter members to be involved. Your voice matters.