For Immediate Release:

May 09, 2024

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has issued an ocean water closure for the following area due to the release of approximately 14,400 gallons of untreated sewage:

· Dockweiler State Beach from Ballona Creek to one mile South

Public Health officials are advising residents or visitors planning to visit Los Angeles County beaches to avoid contact with ocean water and wet sand in the areas noted above. The sewage discharge began on May 8^th and was stopped at 12:09 p.m. on May 9^th, resulting in an estimated 14,400 gallons of sewage entering Ballona Creek.

The Department of Public Health will conduct water sampling beginning on May 10^th, and the closures will remain in effect until Public Health receives two sampling results indicating that bacterial levels meet health standards.

Recorded information on beach conditions is available 24- hours a day on the County's beach closure hotline: 1-800- 525-5662. To view the map of impacted locations and for more information, please visit: PublicHealth.LACounty.gov/Beach/.

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