Newport Beach City Manager Update: Heal the Bay Report Card
By Guest Contributor Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager – June 18, 2023
Source: Newport Beach Independent Newport Beach City Manager Update: Heal the Bay Report Card
Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager
Newport Beach scored high marks during the summer season in the 33rd Annual Heal the Bay Beach Report Card, released Wednesday, June 14.
Of the 36 Newport Beach bay and ocean testing sites listed in the report, 32 earned an A or A+ during the summer season, when the beaches are most frequented. Four sites earned a B grade. Heal the Bay’s annual report measures bacterial pollution for more than 700 West Coast beaches, from Washington to Baja, ranking them and grading their water quality from A to F.
Newport Beach’s grades were consistent with other California beaches, 94% of which received an A or B grade during the summer season.
Earning consistently high marks for water quality is more difficult during the wet weather, when rainfall washes bacteria and other toxins into oceans and bays. During the wet weather, five Newport Beach ocean-facing beaches received an F, while two earned B grades. Encouragingly, all Newport Harbor locations were graded A+, A or B during wet weather. Fewer beaches received winter dry grades because most of the winter data was collected during wet weather.
Source: Newport Beach Independent Newport Beach City Manager Update: Balboa Peninsula Safety, Heal the Bay Report Card
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