Editing El Segundo, California (section)

==Geography==
The northern and southern boundaries of the town are [[Los Angeles International Airport]] and [[Manhattan Beach, California|Manhattan Beach]], with the [[Pacific Ocean]] as the western boundary. Its eastern boundary is roughly marked by [[Aviation Boulevard|Aviation Blvd]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|5.5|sqmi|km2}}, over 99% of which is land.

The beachfront area neighboring the refinery was once dominated by industrial wharves servicing oil tanker ships, and heavily polluted by sewage and stormwater runoff. The major expansion of the Hyperion wastewater treatment plant in the 1980s was the impetus for rehabilitation of the beach. The old piers were demolished, an underwater oil terminal was constructed a few miles offshore, and an enormous amount of dredged sand was used to restore and dramatically enlarge the once narrow and polluted beach. The [[Marvin Braude Bike Trail]] runs along this new artificial beach, as the refinery wharves were one of the last remaining industrial facilities directly obstructing the shoreline of the Santa Monica Bay.