Bay Area beaches have some of the cleanest water in California. But in the winter, water quality can be an issue, including E. coli levels and sewer overflows.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission monitors the water quality of the bay and ocean weekly. It posts the data on its website and sends email alerts.
That’s helpful to swimmers and surfers like John Brandon. Brandon created a Twitter account that automatically tweets out the city’s water quality data.
“It was kind of an outlet for my childish humor,” Brandon said. He named the account “Beach Poo” and used the cartoon smiling poop emoji for the account profile picture.
https://twitter.com/BeachPooBot
