The county's Department of Environmental Health expanded the existing water contact closure at the Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge shoreline north to the Silver Strand and Coronado Municipal Beach because of suspected sewage contamination on Saturday.
Sewage-contaminated runoff in the Tijuana River has been entering the Tijuana Estuary due to this season's rainfall and is still flowing, according to county health officials.
Observations made today indicated northward moving ocean currents, and authorities suspected contamination of the ocean waters at Silver Strand and Coronado, county officials said.
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County health officials said signs warning of the contaminated water would remain in place until measurements indicated the water was safe for recreational use.
—City News Service
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