Tragically, Dr. Jan Vandersloot, long time hero of many environmental struggles and founder and Executive Director of the Ocean Outfall Group, passed away, leaving us only his good works of many decades.


Public clamor for action to clean up pollution falls on deaf ears
San Francisco, Sept. 17, 2009:
Kids and lovers of the Ocean try to get through to public meetings by
Obama's EPA and California Ocean Protection Council -- excluded from deliberations.

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San Diego Sewage Waiver revived by Schwarzenegger, Chrisman and local "enviros"
who joined the sewage dumpers in supporting the waiver.

The 1972 Clean Water Act requires that all sewage be treated to at least "secondary" standards -- still pretty dangerous, and still a public health hazard, but not as bad as "primary" sewage.

But San Diego led the struggle to avoid fully treating the sewage, and received the first "WAIVER" in 1995 allowing San Diego to dump poorly treated sewage into the Bay.

San Diego is the last of the waivers in California, and the last big waiver. Of the other 30 waivers, most are in small communities in places like Alaska. No major metropolitan area takes a chance with its Citizens' health like San Diego is doing.

Mr. MacDonald is a retired high-level EPA Enforcement Officer,
he knows what he's talking about.
Mr. James O. MacDonald makes a powerful statement for better sewage treatment