San Diego County, California, reopened some beaches in the city of Imperial Beach in late September after they had been closed for more than 1,000 days.
County officials lifted the closure of the surrounding waters around the ends of Cortez Street and Seacoast Drive starting Sunday at 5 p.m. statement From the San Diego County Department of Environmental Health Quality (DEH). They also Closures for the Imperial Beach Pier and Carnation Avenue Beach, as well as a warning along the Silver Strand shoreline, were issued as of Saturday at 4:34 p.m.
The advisory remains in effect. La Jolla CoveCoronado Silver Strand Coastline and Glorietta Bay The same is true for the Tijuana Wetlands, according to the San Diego DEH.
“We've been checking the county website every morning hoping to see the green light, and today was finally that day,” said surfer Casey Broach and his son Bryson. said ABC 10 News San Diego.
“You can see the sand, there are fish swimming, it's not too murky and it doesn't have that usual smell,” surfer Frankie Pogue was quoted as telling the media.
San Diego County says it takes water samples from its coasts year-round.
Authorities had closed Imperial Beach and Tijuana Slaw coastlines since 10:53 a.m. on Aug. 21, 2021. caveat“Bacteria levels may exceed health standards. Avoid contact with water in caution areas.”
By 10:15 a.m. on August 22, 2021, They were closed All beaches from the US/Mexico border to the Imperial Beach Pier. (Related: Report: Syringes and tampons washed up on popular beach)
Imperial Beach is on the edge of the Tijuana River basin, which straddles the US-Mexico border, with one-third of the basin, or upper reaches, in the United States and two-thirds, or lower reaches, in Mexico. According to California Water Board (CWB).
According to the CWB, the downstream area is severely polluted, restricting the quality of water flowing through the river and several tributaries into the United States.
In Tijuana, Mexico, thousands of homes have no sewer lines, and millions of gallons of sewage from homes with sewer lines are pouring into a broken sewage treatment plant, NBC 7 San Diego News reports. Reported.
The treatment plant is reportedly discharging raw sewage into the Pacific Ocean.
Northward coastal currents are flushing sewage into the ocean around the shoreline of Tijuana Marshes and the rest of Imperial Beach, according to the San Diego Department of Environmental Health.
