Rosencrantz Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Marko Ramius: Since there does not appear to have been any response to the logs posted to this cache page, I can only assume that the cache owner is either MIA or is not willing or able to perform normal maintenance on this listing. Accordingly, I am archiving the listing to remove it from search pages and to allow for new caches in this area. If you would like to correct the issues for this cache, you can either create a new cache page or send me an e-mail with the GCxxxx code for this cache listing and I will un-archive it and review it again.

Thank you for your understanding and for your contributions to Geocaching.

Marko Ramius
Volunteer Cache Reviewer
markoramius.ro@gmail.com

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Hidden : 9/7/2008
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Be careful of the bike traffic along here

The cache is near a public bike path that extends between Orange and the beach. Easiest access is probably by bike, and second easiest on foot. Auto parking would be: (1) Park at the S terminus of the block wall along the E side of Brookhurst Ave and use the path to proceed E. Alternatively, park at Brookhurst and Hamilton (Hamilton is Victoria if you come from the East (Costa Mesa, 55 Fwy)) - Find the trail near the SE corner of the intersection and proceed approximately 1.5 km to the cache (3) the S end of State Beach (fee) parking lot connects to a trail that meets the bike trail on the E side of the Santa Ana R.

The facility to the west of the cache is a major wastewater treatment plant that discharges treated and partially treated sewage approximately 1 km out in the ocean. The plant was suspected as a source of bacteria during a spate of beach closings due to bacteria in the early 2000s, but DNA and other data showed that the culprit was the wetlands - When flow through them passes a certain level, bacteria from bird waste are carried out to the ocean. The plant does not have the expected odor.

However, scientists at a Costa Mesa firm found that fish in the ocean near the discharge underwent sex changes from exposure, most likely due to hormones and other chemicals present in the discharge. Traditional sewage treatment removes 'brown matter' as well as nitrogen and phosphorous ('yellow"), but it is not designed to handle the things people commonly put into the sewer system (throw in the toilet). This includes: Estrogen (birth control pill hormones), caffeine, MTBE, 1,4-dioxane and other chemicals. In addition, sterilization of the treated water using chlorine DOES produce nitrosamines, cancer-causing chemicals present every day in the water discharged into the water-supply aquifer. Cheers!

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