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[–] jobes 2 points (+2|-0)

Is that for a danger of bacteria or algae blooms?

It's due to crap coming from the cities. "These indicator bacteria imply the potential presence of microscopic disease-causing organisms originating from human and animal wastes" ... "The most common cause of postings is the dry weather discharge of urban runoff from storm drain systems.".

I have a hard time believing that socal is comparable to india is the pollutants of that nature.

It's certainly not comparable to India, but permanent postings for high disease causing bacterial levels do exist and it is because of urban runoff caused even during the dry season.

[–] PhunkyPlatypus 2 points (+2|-0)

Okay thank you for clarifying that. That does make a lot of sense for a megamatroplis like southern California. But I can't help but wonder how different it is from say the New York coastal area.