Pollution Prevention Programs

• Stormwater Pollution Prevention Division
• Industrial/Commercial
• Think Blue San Diego
• Infrastructure
• Special Projects
• FAQ/Glossary of Terms

San Diego is a region with tremendous beauty --- rugged coastline, accessible waterways and a temperate climate --- that affords residents a year-around opportunity to play on our beautiful beaches and in our bays. It's a life style we cherish, others envy, and still thousands of tourists enjoy every year.

Ironically, it's the very life style we lead (modern, fast-paced, urbanized) that often causes water pollution.

The City of San Diego is working aggressively to protect our beaches --- our very life style --- from being diminished by the effects of Storm Water Pollution. This pollution, also called Urban Runoff, is a problem that affects all of us. It closes beaches, makes us and our children ill and threatens the health of marine and wildlife.