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SANTA ANA, Calif. _ Urban runoff from seven south Orange County cities is so noxious that it exceeds safe-swimming water standards at all but three of 35 sites _ and by 100-fold at four _ a county report released Tuesday shows.
The report discloses the results of 10 weeks of testing for fecal coliform bacteria at 35 pipes that drain runoff from city streets and from about 60 other sites in Aliso Creek.
These results are just the tip of the iceberg. To meet tougher clean-water standards, residents could face tough new environmental restrictions _ such as a ban on washing cars in driveways and limits on the amount of water used to irrigate lawns.
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