An existing water contact closure area at the Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge has been expanded north to include all of the Imperial Beach shoreline, the County’s Environmental Health Department advised Tuesday.
That includes the YMCA’s Camp Surf area.
Sewage-contaminated runoff in the Tijuana River has been entering the Tijuana Estuary as a result of this season’s rainfall and is still flowing. Observations Tuesday indicate northward moving ocean currents and contamination of ocean water at Imperial Beach is suspected.
Signs warning of sewage contaminated water will remain in place until field measurements indicate the ocean water is safe for recreational use.
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