Bay Park Future?

[jonnycsd]

[quote=4plexowner]
I hadn’t heard about increased health risks from living around the bay – I tell my kids and visitors to NEVER swim in Mission Bay – I have heard / read (?) that the water does not circulate well through the Bay so the water is relatively stagnant – combine a lack of circulation with the toxic remains of a landfill and you have the potential for a big, nasty, toxic body of water

when I first moved to San Diego 18 years ago I read a story in the Reader about unexplainable and incurable skin rashes and skin conditions that swimmers and surfers were developing – the article attributed the problem to our off-shore dumping of wastewater – made the point that every toilet in every hospital and medical facility in San Diego flushes into the ocean about 2 miles off-shore after the minimal amount of treatment required by law

anybody up for surfing this morning?

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edit: another water quality issue is the sewage coming up from Tijuana – the beaches along Coronado are closed several (numerous?) times each year because of unhealthy conditions[/quote]

This post is so misinformed I’m not sure where to begin. 4plexowner, if, as you say, the bay has poor circulation of new ocean water then how the hell does the offshore discharge have any relevance? And how does water from Coronado Island, which is DOWNCURRENT on the other side of Point Loma even figure into the calculus (or lack thereof)?

The fact is that if has been two or three days since the last rain (aka, ALL SUMMER), Mission Bay provides some of the cleanest water for swimming in San Diego. The City’s $130MM storm water diversion system keeps surface runoff out of the bay and there is tremendous tidal flushing. The average depth of the bay is about 15 feet, and the tide moves up and down 3 to 6 feet meaning that about a third of the water is replaced in each tide cycle, or TWICE per day.

You can read about the academic study here:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20041016-9999-2m16swim.html

And you can read the conclusions of the environmentalist group “Heal the Bay” here (the mission bay bit is about 2/3 of the way down):
http://sandiego.about.com/od/outdoorrecreatio1/a/beaches2004.htm

As far as I am concerned those two links provide MUCH more reliable information than the quoted post.

[4plexowner]

that’s what I get for believing a Reader article from 18 years ago – perhaps the article was more accurate at the time

to each their own – you still won’t see me swimming in Mission Bay and I will continue to tell my kids and guests that there are cleaner places to swim and play in the water

neither of the articles addressed tidal flushing or the circulation in the Bay other than to say that lack of circulation makes enclosed bays more of a challenge to keep clean

I threw in the offshore water quality issue because I was talking about water quality in San Diego – and no, the offshore water quality has nothing to do with Mission Bay

[4plexowner]

that’s what I get for believing a Reader article from 18 years ago – perhaps the article was more accurate at the time

to each their own – you still won’t see me swimming in Mission Bay and I will continue to tell my kids and guests that there are cleaner places to swim and play in the water

neither of the articles addressed tidal flushing or the circulation in the Bay other than to say that lack of circulation makes enclosed bays more of a challenge to keep clean

I threw in the offshore water quality issue because I was talking about water quality in San Diego – and no, the offshore water quality has nothing to do with Mission Bay

[4plexowner]

that’s what I get for believing a Reader article from 18 years ago – perhaps the article was more accurate at the time

to each their own – you still won’t see me swimming in Mission Bay and I will continue to tell my kids and guests that there are cleaner places to swim and play in the water

neither of the articles addressed tidal flushing or the circulation in the Bay other than to say that lack of circulation makes enclosed bays more of a challenge to keep clean

I threw in the offshore water quality issue because I was talking about water quality in San Diego – and no, the offshore water quality has nothing to do with Mission Bay

[4plexowner]

that’s what I get for believing a Reader article from 18 years ago – perhaps the article was more accurate at the time

to each their own – you still won’t see me swimming in Mission Bay and I will continue to tell my kids and guests that there are cleaner places to swim and play in the water

neither of the articles addressed tidal flushing or the circulation in the Bay other than to say that lack of circulation makes enclosed bays more of a challenge to keep clean

I threw in the offshore water quality issue because I was talking about water quality in San Diego – and no, the offshore water quality has nothing to do with Mission Bay

[4plexowner]

that’s what I get for believing a Reader article from 18 years ago – perhaps the article was more accurate at the time

to each their own – you still won’t see me swimming in Mission Bay and I will continue to tell my kids and guests that there are cleaner places to swim and play in the water

neither of the articles addressed tidal flushing or the circulation in the Bay other than to say that lack of circulation makes enclosed bays more of a challenge to keep clean

I threw in the offshore water quality issue because I was talking about water quality in San Diego – and no, the offshore water quality has nothing to do with Mission Bay

[jpinpb]

I would be concerned if I had kids about the school in the area. I don’t think it’s thought of as the best. If this is not a long term purchase, I’d take that into consideration, as most people w/kids looking to buy seem to have schools on their mind and could be a factor when selling.

I look in the area and there are many older homes w/deferred maintenance w/view potential that IMO are asking too much, and sometimes getting it.

[jpinpb]

I would be concerned if I had kids about the school in the area. I don’t think it’s thought of as the best. If this is not a long term purchase, I’d take that into consideration, as most people w/kids looking to buy seem to have schools on their mind and could be a factor when selling.

I look in the area and there are many older homes w/deferred maintenance w/view potential that IMO are asking too much, and sometimes getting it.

[jpinpb]

I would be concerned if I had kids about the school in the area. I don’t think it’s thought of as the best. If this is not a long term purchase, I’d take that into consideration, as most people w/kids looking to buy seem to have schools on their mind and could be a factor when selling.

I look in the area and there are many older homes w/deferred maintenance w/view potential that IMO are asking too much, and sometimes getting it.

[jpinpb]

I would be concerned if I had kids about the school in the area. I don’t think it’s thought of as the best. If this is not a long term purchase, I’d take that into consideration, as most people w/kids looking to buy seem to have schools on their mind and could be a factor when selling.

I look in the area and there are many older homes w/deferred maintenance w/view potential that IMO are asking too much, and sometimes getting it.

[jpinpb]

I would be concerned if I had kids about the school in the area. I don’t think it’s thought of as the best. If this is not a long term purchase, I’d take that into consideration, as most people w/kids looking to buy seem to have schools on their mind and could be a factor when selling.

I look in the area and there are many older homes w/deferred maintenance w/view potential that IMO are asking too much, and sometimes getting it.

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