“The most salient message is don’t swim...
“The most salient message is don’t swim around or near a storm drain in wet weather.”
--John H. Dorsey, a city water biologist who participated in a study finding that rainwater flowing into Santa Monica Bay increases the level of bacteria in the bay.
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