Imperial Beach Braces for Polluted Flooding Nearly every time it rains on the south side of the U.S.-Mexico border, beach activity in Imperial Beach comes to a stop as contaminated runoff washes onto its shorelines.
North-flowing currents push and spread the contaminants across south county shorelines and force days-long water contact closures.
Week-long rains have already forced the closure of shorelines as far north as Coronado State Beach, but now IB is bracing for something even more hazardous.
The big surf will almost certainly push sewage-contaminated ocean water into IB streets.
“Not with these signs posted.
Not with a wetsuit.
Not with a full beanie and booties.
The thought of that water making its way into city streets makes him, and Mayor Serge Dedina, uneasy.
The plaintiffs claim the federal government isn’t doing enough to stop the contaminated water from reaching U.S. waterways.
While Dedina monitors the situation with the federal government, he’s also hyper-focused at the local level.