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# Q-Line asks how local governments can improve county water quality
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/110105-story-20051101-2/
- Published: 2005-11-01T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T08:06:16.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Environment, Santa Monica, #archive-import

Coastal areas around Los Angeles County last week received some of the worst statewide grades for water quality from nonprofit environmental group Heal the Bay. Environmental officials ascribed the county’s low scores to a lack of enforcement of new environmental regulations.

So, this week, Q-Line wants to know, “What can local and county government agencies do to improve water quality and regulation compliance in Los Angeles County?”

Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your responses in the weekend edition. Please try to limit your comments to a minute or less. It might help to think first about the wording of your response.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 1, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/110105.pdf?ref=smdp.com)