Ocean and Bay Water Closures 1999
Closed / Date
Opened / Number of Days
Closed / Beach Mile Days / Ocean, Bay, Harbor Area Closed / Agency/Reason / Amount Spilled* / Storm Caused Spill
1 / 98-246 / (12/30/98) / 1/2/99 / 2 / 0.76 / 1000’ upcoast and 1000’downcoast of Avenida de Riveria tunnel, San Clemente / City of San Clemente/
pump station failure / ~3750 gallons/sewage / NO
2 / 99-007 / 1/10/99 / 1/17/99 / 7 / 1.79 / Sunset Aquatic Marina, Peter’s Landing & Portofino Cove Marina, HuntingtonHarbour, Huntington Beach / City of Garden Grove/
force main break / ~10,000 gallons/sewage / NO
3 / 99-010 / 1/12/99 / 1/15/99 / 3 / 1.14 / Shaw’s Cove & Fisherman’s Cove, Laguna Beach / City of Laguna Beach/
force main blockage / ~5000 gallons/sewage / NO
4 / 99-021 / 2/1/99 / 2/4/99 / 3 / 1.50 / ¼ mile upcoast & ¼ mile downcoast of Aliso Creek, AlisoCountyBeach, Laguna Beach / El Toro Water District/
line blockage / ~2275 gallons/sewage / NO
5 / 99-023 / 2/4/99 / 2/7/99 / 3 / 1.14 / EmeraldBay, SmithcliffsCove & CrescentBay, Laguna Beach / PPO** (Smithcliffs Development)/
pump station failure / >1000 (50,000) gallons/ sewage / NO
6 / 99-032 / 2/8/99 / 2/11/99 / 3 / 1.50 / Monarch Bay/Salt Creek County Beach, ¼ mile upcoast ¼ mile downcoast of Salt Creek, DanaPoint / Moulton Niguel Water District/pump station failure / ~13,000 gallons/sewage / NO
7 / 99-047 / 3/2/99 / 3/5/99 / 3 / 0.75 / CrescentBay, Laguna Beach / City of Laguna Beach/
line blockage / ~100 gallons/sewage / NO
8 / 99-088 / 4/22/99 / 7/2/99 / 71 / 26.89 / 1000’ upcoast and 1000’ downcoast of San Juan Creek, DohenyStateParkBeach, DanaPoint / PPO (California Department of Parks)/line break / ~1000 gallons/sewage / NO
9 / 99-102 / 5/18/99 / 5/24/99 / 6 / 1.53 / Portofino Cove Marina, Peter’s Landing Marina and Sunset Aquatic Park Marina, HuntingtonHarbour, Huntington Beach / PPO (Faircrest Apartments)/line blockage / ~6000 gallons/sewage / NO
10 / 99-114 / 6/7/99 / 6/9/99 / 2 / 0.76 / Lagunita, Blue Lagoon, South Laguna / PPO (Laguna Terrance Mobile Home Park/Laguna Reef Inn)/line blockage / Unknown/sewage / NO
11 / - / 7/1/99 / 9/3/99 / 64 / 105.05 / LifeguardTower 7 to LifeguardTower 13, HuntingtonStateBeach, Huntington Beach / ~/Ocean Water-Contact Sports Standards violation / -- / NO
12 / 99-141 / 7/14/99 / 7/16/99 / 2 / 0.11 / BayshoreBeach, NewportBay, Newport Beach / ~/Ocean Water-Contact Sports Violation / -- / NO
13 / 99-151 / 8/10/99 / 8/12/99 / 2 / 0.76 / 1000 feet upcoast and 1000 feet downcoast of San Clemente Pier, San Clemente / City of San Clemente/
Pump station failure / ~500 gallons/sewage / NO
14 / 99-164 / 8/21/99 / 8/25/99 / 4 / 0.76 / 500 feet upcoast and 500 feet downcoast of Salt Creek, SaltCreekCountyBeach, DanaPoint / Moulton Niguel Water District/line blockage / ~1800 gallons/sewage / NO
15 / 99-175 / 10/4/99 / 10/7/99 / 3 / 0.17 / BayshoreBeach, NewportBay, Newport Beach / City of Newport Beach/
line blockage / ~800 gallons/sewage / NO
16 / 99-207 / 10/18/99 / 10/22/99 / 4 / 0.95 / 250 feet upcoast and 1000 feet downcoast of San Juan Creek, Doheny State Beach, Dana Point / Southeast Regional Reclamation Authority 3A Treatment Plant/
pump failure / ~2000 (2400) gallons/
undisinfected secondary effluent
(400 gallons recovered)
(2000 gallons released) / NO
17 / 99-217 / 10/19/99 / 10/21/99 / 2 / 0.76 / Legion Street to Oak Street, Laguna Beach / City of Laguna Beach/
line blockage / ~4000 gallons/sewage
3000 gallons recovered / NO
18 / 99-221 / 10/30/99 / 11/3/99 / 4 / 0.15 / 100 feet upcoast and 100 feet downcoast of Salt Creek, SaltCreekCountyPark, DanaPoint / Moulton Niguel Water District/line blockage / ~100 gallons/sewage / NO
19 / 99-230 / 11/15/99 / 11/21/99 / 6 / 6.00 / Three Arch Bay/Monarch Beach, DanaPoint / South Coast Water District/line blockage / 6000 gallons/sewage / NO
20 / 99-231 / 11/15/99 / 11/21/99 / 6 / 1.42 / 250 feet upcoast and 1000 feet downcoast of San Juan Creek, Doheny State Beach, Dana Point / Santa Margarita Water District/pump failure due to power outage / 3600 gallons/sewage / NO
21 / 99-239 / 11/30/99 / 12/7/99 / 7 / 2.39 / Peter's Landing Marina, Mother's Beach, Sunset Aquatic Park Marina and Portofino Cove Marina, Huntington Harbour, Huntington Beach / PPO (BolsaBusinessPark)/line blockage / >1000 gallons/sewage / NO
22 / 99-240 / 12/1/99 / 12/4/99 / 3 / 0.17 / 150 feet upcoast and 150 feet downcoast of Aliso Creek, AlisoBeach, Laguna Beach / PPO (Grease & Septic Tank Pumper)/dumped truck load onto parking lot / Unknown/grease-sewage / NO
* Amount Spilled: amount spilled - amount recovered = release amount
~ All volumes are estimations based on responding sanitation district/city field staff observations and calculations. Closures based on initialestimated amount reported by sanitation district/city field staff. Final spill volumes (in parentheses and italicized if different from original reported volumes) are reported to the Regional Water Quality Control Boards by the sanitation district/city.
** PPO – Private Property Owner