2017-06-22T12:41:55-07:00 2016-12-31 Hillary Tentler CPA 735 State St Suite 626 Santa Barbara CA 931015504 990 2016-01-01 770565183 Heal The Ocean Inc HEAL 8059657570 PO Box 90106 Santa Barbara CA 93190 Hillary Hauser President 2017-06-19 true Hillary Tentler P00185301 8058849608 X 2016 2018-03-14 21:41:22Z Hillary Hauser PO Box 90106 Santa Barbara CA 93190 449703 false false X www.healtheocean.org X 1998 CA Heal the Ocean focuses on wastewater infrastructure - sewers and septic systems for which we hire consultants to access state grant funds to help WWTPs upgrade to recycled water production instead of ocean dumping, as well as help whole communities abandon septic systems in environmentally sensitive areas. 7 7 6 12 0 221357 246076 0 169 686 127351 148688 348877 395450 0 0 168918 177138 1075 50232 190144 172845 359062 351058 -10185 44392 192046 244457 3558 11577 188488 232880 Heal the Ocean focuses on wastewater infrastructure - sewers and septic systems for which we hire consultants to access state grant funds to help WWTPs upgrade to recycled water production instead of ocean dumping, as well as help whole communities abandon septic systems in environmentally sensitive areas. false false 274170 HEAL THE OCEAN HIRES ENGINEERS, EXPERTS, RESEARCHERS AND SCIENTISTS, LAWYERS, GIS MAPPERS AND UNIVERSITY LABORATORIES TO PRODUCE REPORTS AND TO GIVE US TEST RESULTS AS WELL AS SEWER ENGINEERING BLUEPRINTS. WE PERFORM COST FEASIBILITY STUDIES FOR UPGRADED WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT METHODS. WE HAVE CONDUCTED DNA TESTS IN WATERSHEDS AND WELL AS VIRUS TESTS IN THE OCEAN. WE WORK WITH CITY, COUNTY AND STATE AGENCIES TO INITIATE NEW PROGRAMS OF WASTEWATER UPGRADE.OUR APPROACH TO SOLVING ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IS UNIQUE IN THAT WE WORK WITH (NOT AGAINST) COUNTIES, CITIES, AGENCIES, WASTEWATER AND WATER DISTRICTS TO ACCESS STATE FUNDS TO HELP UPGRADE WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND/OR HELP HOMEOWNERS CONVERT FROM SEPTIC SYSTEMS TO PUBLIC SEWER. WE HAVE SERVED ON THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN (IRWM) STEERING COMMITTEE SINCE 2010, AND IN THIS CAPACITY HAVE LINED UP SEPTIC-TO-SEWER PROJECTS FOR FUNDING, AS WELL AS WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT UPGRADE.IN 2014, HEAL THE OCEAN BROUGHT TO SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION THE RINCON SEPTIC-TO-SEWER PROJECT, A 15-YEAR ENDEAVOR SPEARHEADED BY US, AND DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CARPINTERIA SANITARY DISTRICT. THE RINCON HOOKUP OF HOMES CAPS THE SOUTH COAST BEACH COMMUNITIES SEPTIC-TO-SEWER PROJECT, WHICH, WHEN FINISHED ON SEPT. 4, 2014, RESULTED IN 7 MILES OF BEACH (172 HOMES) BEING RID OF SEPTIC SYSTEMS IN AREAS OF SAND AND HIGH GROUNDWATER.FOR THE RINCON SEPTIC-TO-SEWER PROJECT HEAL THE OCEAN WAS HONORED ON JANUARY 29, 2015 WITH COMMENDATIONS BY THE REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD, AS WELL AS THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE (19TH DISTRICT); AND THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (1ST AND 2ND DISTRICTS).IN 2014 AND GOING INTO 2015, HEAL THE OCEAN HAS PUSHED FOR UPGRADING WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS TO RECYCLING WASTEWATER(AS A WAY OF KEEPING WASTEWATER OUT OF THE OCEAN), AND INSTEAD OF OCEAN DISPOSAL, PURIFYING WASTEWATER FOR GROUNDWATER RECHARGE AND FOR IRRIGATION TO ALLAY 75% OF CALIFORNIA WATER SUPPLY BEING USED FOR IRRIGATION.AT THE END OF 2014 HEAL THE OCEAN CONTRACTED WITH RMC WATER, LOS ANGELES ENGINEERS TO PAIR 5 WASTEWATER DISTRICTS AND THEIR RELATIVE WATER DISTRICTS IN FACILITIES UPGRADE PLANNING GRANTS - WHICH IS THE FIRST STEP(S) IN MAKING THOSE DISTRICTS ELIGIBLE FOR GRANT FUNDING UNDER PROPOSITION 1, THE STATE WATER BOND VOTED BY CALIFORNIA VOTERS IN NOVEMBER 2014. WE HAVE WORKED TO LINE UP THE GOLETA WATER DISTRICT, GOLETA SANITARY DISTRICT AND GOLETA WEST SANITARY DISTRICT IN A PROJECT TO UPGRADE THE GOLETA SANITARY DISTRICT TO FULL POTABLE REUSE-LEVEL RECYCLED WATER.IN ADDITION WE COORDINATED WITH DUDEK ENGINEERING, SANTA BARBARA, A STUDY OF MONTECITO'S GROUNDWATER BASIN FOR MONTECITO SANITARY DISTRICT AND MONTECITO WATER DISTRICT, TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER THE UPGRADE OF THE MONTECITO SANITARY DISTRICT PLANT CAN GO TO FULL INDIRECT POTABLE REUSE (GROUNDWATER RECHARGE). RESULTS OF THAT STUDY WERE PRODUCED JUNE 2015.ADDITIONAL SEPTIC-TO-SEWER WORK INCLUDES: INDIVIDUAL HOMES (3 STREETS) IN MONTECITO CONNECTED TO SEWER WITH HEAL THE OCEAN HELP (2012); THE TOWN OF LOS OLIVOS/BUSINESS OWNERS WORKING WITH HEAL THE OCEAN ON SEPTIC TO SEWER CONVERSION AND ACCESSING STATE FUNDS TO HELP PAY FOR THE PROJECT (ONGOING); MULTI-YEAR WORK ON THE PASSAGE OF AB885 TO REGULATE SEPTIC SYSTEMS IN CALIFORNIA (2005-2013) INCLUDING 6 SACRAMENTO SESSIONS UNTIL AB 885 BECAME LAW IN MAY 2013.TO FORMULATE LOCAL AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN (LAMP) FOR SEPTIC SYSTEMS UNDER AB885, HEAL THE OCEAN PARTICIPATED IN 12 STAKEHOLDER SESSIONS (MAY 2013 THROUGH MAY 2014) TO WORK WITH SANTA BARBARA COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES(EHS)TO FORMULATE A STRONG LAMP. WE HAVE PARTICIPATED IN PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE LAMP BEFORE THE REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD AND THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THE FINAL LAMP IS EXPECTED TO BE APPROVED SOMETIME IN 2015.MISCELLANEOUS WORK: HEAL THE OCEAN ALSO RUNS A VOLUNTARY BEACH CLEANUP PROGRAM, WHEREIN SCHOOL CHILDREN CAN SIGN UP FOR A BEACH TO CLEAN, UNDER SUPERVISION OF THEIR TEACHERS, RECEIVE A FREE HEAL THE OCEAN T-SHIRT, THEN CLEAN A BEACH AND REPORT TO US WHAT THEY PICK UP. THESE REPORTS ARE PUBLISHED IN HEAL THE OCEAN NEWSLETTERS AND E-LETTERS.HEAL THE OCEAN HAS ALSO PROVIDED INPUT THROUGH COMMENT LETTERS ON A LITANY OF ISSUES AND REGULATIONS EVERY YEAR LENDING OUR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE TO RULEMAKING PROCESSES FOR AGENCIES AT THE LOCAL, COUNTY, AND STATE LEVEL.HEAL THE OCEAN ALSO RUNS SPONSORSHIP OF A DOG BAG PROGRAM WITH THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, TO RAISE FUNDS TO THE COUNTY TO PAY FOR BIODDEGRADABLE DOG BAGS IN SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST BEACH DISPENSERS, AS WELL AS INLAND PARKS. HEAL THE OCEAN BEGAN THIS PROGRAM IN 2010 WHEN WE LEARNED THE COUNTY WAS SUSPENDING THE PROGRAM TO FACILITATE BUDGET CUT OF APPROXIMATELY $20,000 PER YEAR IN DOG BAGS. IN 2015 HEAL THE OCEAN PROVIDED THE COUNTY $17,500 TO THE COUNTY THROUGH OUR DOG BAG DISPENSER PROGRAM, WHERE WE CONTRACT WITH THE BUSINESS, PROVIDE GRAPHIC DESIGN FOR A DISPENSER STICKER FOR THE BUSINESS TO ADVERTISE ON A DOG BAG DISPENSER FOR ONE YEAR. 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