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County Environmental Health Extends Water Closure to Coronado Shoreline

County Environmental Health Extends Water Closure to Coronado Shoreline

Silver Strand State Beach looking north. Photo via Wikimedia Commons

Stormy weather and runoff Thursday caused the San Diego County Department of Environmental Health and Quality (SDECH&Q) to expand the existing water contact area at the Tijuana Slough and Imperial Beach shorelines north to include a portion of the Coronado Shoreline.

The Tijuana Estuary is contaminated by sewage-contaminated runoff from the Tijuana river. This indicates that ocean water contamination has now reached the international border north to Coronado shoreline.

Signs indicating sewage-contaminated water will be in place until the results of sampling prove that the ocean water is safe to use for recreational purposes.

City News Service

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