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How Can Imperial Beach Residents Participate in Solutions Against Flooding? This Group Wants to Help

Every year, Imperial Beach residents board up their windows and shovel ocean sand off streets left underwater during high tide.

Researchers have been testing technology that warns the city in time to prepare for the arrival of powerful waves and, most recently, digging groundwater wells to track flooding.

The community can also play a significant role in reducing Imperial Beach’s flooding problems, researchers at San Diego State University said last week. How residents can get involved is what the researchers are hoping to find out.

San Diego County Unveiling New Water Testing Technology to Provide Same-Day Public Warnings

 San Diego County officials Wednesday will introduce a new water-testing technology they will begin using the very next day to provide same-day public warnings of poor coastal water quality that causes illness.

San Diego leaders say the results will be more accurate and posted within hours instead of the next day, reducing the time the public could be at risk if water is contaminated.