Bacteria increase at beaches near Hyperion sewage discharge triggers a warning
High bacteria levels at beaches near the site of a massive sewage discharge in Playa del Rey have prompted Los Angeles County health officials to issue a warning about going in the water. The L.A. County Department of Public Health did not rule out a link between the 17-million-gallon sewage release from the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant on July 11 and the rise in bacteria. But a connection was “unlikely,” given the currents and the more than two weeks that have elapsed since the incident, the department said.