California’s Dirtiest Beach Is Swimmable Again, The Culprit? Pigeon Poop. | Swim California

Fifteen years ago, Cowell Beach was synonymous with the dirtiest water in California. It sat at the top of Heal the Bay’s Beach Bummer List year after year. Surfers wouldn’t go in. Swimmers wouldn’t go in. The city ran a million-dollar grant programme trying to fix it.