This is so remarkably contradictory, considering that twice per day, at the start of each out-going tide, the Ocean Shores wastewater treatment plant discharges its highly toxic untreated effluents into Grays Harbor inlet, whereby it washes into the Pacific, then up the coast and onto all of the beaches. Kids playing, clamming and windsurfing all happen in this toxic filth – year round – and the State Department of Ecology gives them endless Awards of Excellence. Richard Honour

“We know what we have here in Grays Harbor with our active commercial, recreational, and tribal fishing fleets, our beautiful beaches that draw families to explore, play, and relax, and our coastal waters that support thousands of migrating seabirds every year,” said R.D. Grunbaum, Friends of Grays Harbor. “These natural resources and values are simply incompatible with industrial oil shipping.”