More Water Contact Closures, Advisories Listed for County Beaches
San Diego County health officials released an updated water contact closure and advisory list Wednesday for county beaches.
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San Diego County Using New Tiered Warning Sign System at Contaminated Beaches
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /NBC 7 San Diegoby Dave SummersThe San Diego County Department of Environmental Health (DEH) is unveiling a new water quality warning system that it hopes will give visitors more beach access this summer.
The new three-tiered system looks like this: The first is a yellow advisory sign, the second is a blue warning sign and the third is the familiar red and yellow closure signs.
County Lifts Water Contamination Closure in Imperial Beach, Along Silver Strand
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Times of San DiegoThe San Diego County Department of Environmental Health and Quality has lifted the water contact closure and advisory for the Imperial Beach and Silver Strand shorelines.
Recent water quality testing confirms that cross-boundary sewage flows are no longer impacting these beaches, which remain open. Recent closures also have extended into Coronado, at beaches near the Hotel del Coronado.
Access to Silver Strand Shoreline’s Water Closed Due to Sewage Contamination
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /NBC 7 San DiegoA water contact closure in Imperial Beach has been extended north to the Silver Strand shoreline, county environmental health officials said Monday.
The existing water contact closure area includes the Tijuana Slough and Imperial Beach shorelines, but has been extended to Silver Strand after testing confirmed water quality in that area does not meet state health standards.
County Officials Lift Coronado Water Contact Closure
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /San Diego Union-Tribuneby City News ServiceCORONADO — The San Diego County Department of Environmental Health lifted a water contact closure Monday for the Coronado shoreline and beaches from Avenida Lunar through North Beach.
Water quality testing confirmed Tijuana River flows are no longer impacting those beaches, according to the Department of Environmental Health, which had placed water contact closure signs to alert Coronado beach-goers to sewage-contaminated flows from the Tijuana River.
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