Local leaders continue to push for a solution to the sewage crisis as contaminated water continues to spill into the ocean from Mexico.
Work is being done on the county and state levels to urge the CDC to investigate the health effects of the ongoing sewage contamination.Some of these waters in the South Bay have been off-limits to the public for more than two years now because of sewage contamination. While these areas are still a draw for locals and for tourists, especially during holiday weekends like this one, they say more needs to be done now to get these beaches back open.
Martinez is frustrated that, because of the cross-border contamination coming from Mexico, playing in the water is no longer an option. She and her extended family spend a week every year at the RV park here on the Silver Strand in Coronado. "It's just a bummer because we all have kids, and they want to go in the water," said Chula Vista resident Angelic Belcher."They don't know any better.
There are warning signs up, citing the potential health hazards of the bacteria, although some still choose to dive in. 'We're going to have a contract to do that this summer, and it will be in he ground by the end of the year to fix that plant, and you're going to see major improvements in the next couple years," he told CBS 8.
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