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# Clearing the air (and water)
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/clearing-the-air-and-water-20071002/
- Published: 2007-10-02T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T03:07:30.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Environment, Pier, #archive-import

Heal the Bay’s annual end-of-summer beach report card has recently been released and apparently has labeled the water surrounding the pier as overly polluted.

So this week’s Q-Line question asks: Do water quality ratings affect when or where you go swimming?

Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your answers in the weekend edition of the Daily Press. Please limit responses to a minute or less.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 2, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/100207.pdf?ref=smdp.com)