Polluted Horrors of the Ventura River

I saw people kayaking with their kids in that this summer, hope they had medical insurance, that is just nasty

Channelkeeper does a great job, they're truthful & very straightforward.
W/ that said, now they're going to have to undergo the ire of the homeless advocates for simply reporting the truth :) henry

The article and ChannelKeeper video highlight a situation that is well-known to anyone familiar with that area. That is, there are a lot of people camping in the Ventura River basin. But is it clear that those camps are the only significant source of all the undesirable material that washes into the ocean?

Put another way: Are other things besides human waste from the camps monitored? For example are the chemicals, perhaps related to lawns and automobiles, that might run off streets from populated areas, especially during and after rainfall, measured and reported?

In any case, the hard part will be to develop an implementable plan to alleviate the situation.

The human waste problem is simply too disgusting for words. But there should be no need for volunteer efforts to clean up trash. Those staying along the river should be expected to pick up after themselves as the price of being permitted to remain there.

Winddancer: "Those staying along the river should be expected to pick up after themselves as the price of being permitted to remain there."

You're talking accountability, a language not spoken by those who pollute there & their advocates.
There is a certain sense of entitlement espoused by some folks that says the world owes them a living & this fecaal mess is what you get when that attitude is allowed to propagate. Disgusting ain't it?

Hodgmo: "Are other things besides human waste from the camps monitored? For example are the chemicals, perhaps related to lawns and automobiles, that might run off streets from populated areas, especially during and after rainfall, measured and reported?"

Good question & the answer I can offer is yes, they do a lot of work on those particular sources of pollution as well.
Whenever you see those warnings next to storm drains about dumping, that's due to efforts from Channelkeeper.

But of course, when you point to a problem caused by those "less fortunate than us" their advocates will raise a stink.
The stink is already raised along the Ventura River Basin, compliments of the squalor from the encampments there.
By the way, guess who's gonna have to pay for that cleanup when the time comes? :) henry

The Santa Clara River at Harbor Blvd is another place that needs to be monitored. Surfers Point in Ventura Harbor gets the pleasure of all the waste from the bridge area across Harbor Blvd. as it makes it way out to sea.

Very honest reporting.

Hey Hank
Not many homeless advocates showing up on this thread, kind of interesting.
I don't love channel keeper as an organization but have to give them credit on this article.
It will be very interesting to see if anyone cares enough to kick the illegal campers out

Why aren't the homeless removed?

Pretty simple solution to the pollution.