Cowell’s Beach Success: Another Year of Improved Water Quality
For the third consecutive year, Cowell Beach is not included on Heal the Bay’s “Beach Bummer” list.
June 23, 2022
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Kona Brewing teams up with Save The Waves on the Catch a Clean Wave campaign
On Sunday, Save The Waves hosted a beach cleanup in the Santa Cruz World Surfing Reserve with Kona Brewing for their #CatchACleanWave tour.
July 22, 2021
Cowell Beach Water Quality Success Continues on Heal the Bay Annual Beach Report Card
“This is such great news,” said Mayor Donna Meyers. “The changes in bacteria data measurements which have kept Cowell Beach off of the ‘Beach Bummer’ list over two years now demonstrate the positive power of government working with a focused group of community organizations.”
July 1, 2021
Cowell Beach Drops Off Beach Bummer List
For the first time in 10 years, Cowells was not included on the annual “Beach Bummer” list – showing major improvement for the Santa Cruz beach.
July 8, 2020
Cowell’s Beach Sees Continued Reduction in Bacteria Counts Despite Listing by Heal The Bay
Cowell’s Beach once again finds itself on Heal the Bay’s ‘Beach Bummer’ list, but experts in the Cowell’s Working Group have noted a long-term reduction in overall exceedances of state water quality standards and concentrations of bacteria.
June 28, 2019
Cowell Beach Water Quality Improvement Recognized by Heal the Bay Report
Save The Waves is pleased to announce that Cowell Beach has dropped to number eight on Heal the Bay’s annual “Beach Bummer” list, after nine consecutive years as number one or two, and moving to number three in 2017.
June 8, 2018
Cowell’s drops to 3rd on Beach Bummers list, a first in 7 years
“A 50 percent reduction is something we’re proud of and we stand by,” Cowell Beach Working Group facilitator Nik Strong-Cvetich said. “But obviously, there’s much more work to be done. We’re not content being number three. Our goal is to one day get off of the list.”
July 5, 2017
The City of Santa Cruz and Save The Waves See Improvement at Cowell’s Beach
STW and CWG sees a 50% drop in the number of beach postings and the number of water quality samples
May 2, 2017
Cowell’s bacteria concentrations show substantial decrease after summer of wharf work
SANTA CRUZ, CA – Save The Waves, the City of Santa Cruz and the Cowell Beach Working Group (CWG) are cautiously
November 1, 2016
