Post an excerpt from an interesting and relevant news story that connects to coastal issues, making sure to include a link to the original story. What is the issue and/or controversy? Where can one get more information? In what way(s) does the story relate to our class? How might it tie in to our work for Media Saves the Beach?
"SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A sewage spill in Mission Valley led on Wednesday to a coastal pollution alert in Ocean Beach, about five miles to the west.
Wastewater began overflowing from a blocked sanitation line near the intersection of Camino de la Reina and Mission Center Road shortly before 11:30 a.m., according to the county Department of Environmental Health.
By the time city crews got the problem under control about an hour later, roughly 1,370 gallons of sewage had spilled into a storm drain that empties into the San Diego River.
Signs warning of contamination will stand near the mouth of the river at Dog Beach until follow-up testing deems the area safe again for recreational uses, the DEH reported."
http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/story/Sewage-Spill-from-Mission-Valley-to-Ocean-Beach/qWYuIGp6oEeMp2ZNMf20lQ.cspx
This story directly relates to what we are doing with our Media Saves the Beach project. The spills that happened actually happened last night and it was a very big deal down where we were testing the water today. There was a little over a thousand gallons of sewage that was spilled into the San Diego River and was exiting through the Dog Beach exit. It was obviously a big deal down at Dog Beach because there were big orange signs and warning signs saying not to go into the water and that the water was highly contaminated. This ties into what we are learning in class and our Media Saves the Beach project because we are learning about and testing the amount of bacteria and ecoli that is in the water. There would definitely be large amounts of bacteria in the water after the spill last night because it went directly into the river and was a straight source to the water down in Ocean Beach.
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