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Orange County beaches doing better, says Coastkeeper

Swim Guide, Swim Guide Editor

Posted: July 12, 2012 at 10:00 am

Orange County Coastkeeper and Swim Guide help beachgoers in California find the healthiest beaches:

A new smartphone application can help California residents stay up to date with the area’s healthiest beaches. Orange County Coastkeeper frequently updates basic information for the area’s beaches and employs the use of water quality data from the Ocean Water Protection Program.

“Compared to about 10 years ago when we were experiencing a lot of beach closures, our beaches are doing pretty well,” Crouch said. “This is attributed to better storm-water management by the Orange County cities.

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