La Contaminación Por Aguas Residuales Está Impidiendo Que Los Niños Se Metan Al Agua en Este Pueblo Costero De California
Camp Surf and junior lifeguards are busing children to other beaches as closures cut off access to the Imperial Beach shoreline.
- YMCA Camp Surf in Imperial Beach buses campers to northern beaches for aquatic activities, as persistent cross-border sewage pollution forces closure of local waters near the facility.
- Decades of cross-border sewage pollution from Tijuana and failed treatment plants on both sides of the border have plagued South San Diego, leading to near-continual beach restrictions for the past three years.
- Jamie Cosson, executive director of overnight camps for YMCA of San Diego, noted the facility now hosts about 700 overnight campers, down from 1,200 in previous years.
- Jason Lindquist, head lifeguard for Imperial Beach, stated, "I don't think we've had one day of the beach being open," forcing staff to charter buses for junior lifeguards.
- While the U.S. and Mexico have set aside $800 million to repair failing sewage treatment plants, resident Taylor Case, 18, said the community's beach connection has eroded since 2017.
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Palo Alto Online
La contaminación por aguas residuales está impidiendo que los niños se metan al agua en este pueblo costero de California
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. This article is also available in English. Read it here. La semana pasada, en el campamento YMCA Camp Surf de Imperial Beach, un grupo de estudiantes de secundaria pasó la mañana patinando, escalando una torre de escalada y practicando tiro con arco y […]
Times of San Diego
KPBSSewage pollution is keeping kids out of the water in Imperial Beach
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. At YMCA Camp Surf in Imperial Beach last week, a group of middle schoolers spent their morning skateboarding, scaling a climbing tower and practicing archery. Then at noon, campers boarded a bus for a 40-minute drive up the coast to Mission Beach, where they jumped in the waves for the camp’s namesake activity: surfing. Founded in 1969, Camp Surf has catered to gen…
Cal Matters
The AlmanacSewage pollution is keeping kids out of the water in this California beach town
A surf camp buses kids to other beaches, and junior lifeguards travel up the coast from this California beach town plagued by cross-border sewage.
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