Ka kammala wannan magana: A shekara ta 1969 ne aka yi ambaliyar mai a Santa Barbara a Santa Barbara Channel, kusa da birnin Santa Barbara a Kudancin California. Shi ne mafi girma mai zuba a Amurka ruwa da cewa lokaci, kuma yanzu mukamansu na uku bayan da 2010
Deepwater Horizon da 1989 Exxon Valdez sun zubar da ruwa. Ya kasance mafi girman zubar da man fetur da ya faru a cikin ruwa a California. Fushin jama'a da aka haifar ta hanyar zubar da ruwa, wanda ya sami mahimmancin kafofin watsa labarai a Amurka, ya haifar da dokoki da yawa na muhalli a cikin shekaru masu zuwa, dokokin da ke samar da tsarin doka da tsari don motsi na muhalli na zamani a Amurka.