This headline is a red flag waving, warning us that we have mistreated our beaches. We know that the Tijuana River empties their sewage on Imperial Beach. Its not the first time we hear this, we all know that everything that goes into the sewage system ends up on our beaches. What is important here is that our beaches have become very polluted and the water now contains diseases that we never expected. A team of researchers from San Diego State University took some samples from the Imperial Beach, and they found that 80% of the samples had Hepatitis A. this is very threatening to the surfers, swimmers and fishermen, and anyone that visits Imperial Beach.
Sow how can we solve this? It can be really easy to blame certain people, but the overall idea, is that governments have not taken the necessary actions to clean the beaches and prevent more sewage from reaching the beaches. Tijuana has a poor infrastructure development, their water treatment system, can’t treat the amount of sewage waste, and most of it emptied on Imperial Beach. I would say that the government needs to figure a way to solve this issue.
Our upcoming project, Media Saves the Beach, is the most efficient way to spread awareness about the issues related to water pollution. After all, we are saving our beaches from becoming dangerous waters. Beaches are a family resort, and we are very lucky to live in San Diego. We have beautiful beaches and nice weather, but we have mistreated them. Now it is time that we, as students and residents from San Diego, come together to inform our community about the dangerous threats we provide to our beaches and the most efficient way to solve these problems and prevent further damage.
To read more about this issue visit: http://blogs.uscannenberg.org/neontommy/2009/05/hepatitis-a-threatens-swimmers.html
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