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You may not be knee-deep in marine algae like these Olympic workers clearing a Chinese sailing waterway this week, but who do you call when you notice the South Bay shoreline is looking just a bit, well, icky?

Heal the Bay, a nonprofit environmental organization dedicated to making Southern California coastal waters and watersheds safe, healthy and clean, has set up a hotline for South Bay residents and those in surrounding areas to report any pollution they think is adversely affecting the wonderful beaches, water or animal life.

While you may not be sailing in the Olympics, at least you can contribute to keeping our beaches world-class.

Heal the Bay hotline numbers for South Bay cities:

General info / Stormwater and Dumping / Sewage spills

Artesia 562-865-6262 562-865-6262 562-865-6262
El Segundo 310-524-2300 310-524-2742 310-524-2742
Gardena 310-217-9500 310-217-9568 310-217-9568
Hawthorne 310-970-7902 310-970-7955 310-970-7955
Hermosa Beach 310-318-0239 310-318-0214 310-318-0214
Inglewood 310-412-5301 310-412-5333 310-412-5333
Manhattan Beach 310-802-5000 310-802-5363 310-802-5363
Palos Verdes Estates 310-378-0383 310-378-0383 310-378-0383
Rancho Palos Verdes 310-377-0360 310-544-5252 310-544-5252
Redondo Beach 310-372-1171 310-318-0661 310-318-0686
Rolling Hills 310-377-1521 310-377-1521 310-377-1521
Rolling Hills Estates 310-377-1577 800-303-0003 888-253-2652

Heal the Bay has a new initiative to raise awareness of water quality conditions. Ads went up on South Bay lifeguard stations to inform beachgoers to text their location and find out the Heal the Bay grade for the water. To receive text messages about South Bay beach water quality, send a text message to 23907 and type the following codes for these specific locations.
For Marina del Rey, Mothers' Beach, text mdrmothers
For Dockweiler State Beach at Ballona Creek, text ballona
For Manhattan Beach at 40th Street, text mb40
For Hermosa Beach Pier, text hermosapier
For Herondo Street storm drain, text herondo
For Redondo Beach at Avenue I drain, text avenuei
For Malaga Cove, Palos Verdes Estates, text malagad
For Palos Verdes Estates, text bluffcove
For Rancho Palos Verdes, text longpoint
For Cabrillo Beach's harborside at lifeguard tower. text cabrillo

More locations are available at the Heal the Bay website.