Ewww… It happened again. The beaches along a four mile stretch in Long Beach has been shut down due to poo. Apparently a broken sewer line from Compton Creek broke on Tuesday night causing “20,000 gallons of sewage” to flow into the LA River and come out in Long Beach. The beaches will be closed until the bacteria levels are determined to be safe again. How long may that take? They’re guessing a while.
A sewage spill in Long Beach has forced authorities to close a nearly four-mile stretch of shoreline, and the area is expected to remain closed indefinitely, authorities said today.
Long Beach has been hit by 31 sewage spills since January, four of them serious enough to close beaches. The number is about 10 fewer than this time last year, but they have caused three more beach closures than in the same period last year.
In a statement late Tuesday, Kerr said the beach was closed “to protect the public from serious illness due to exposure to untreated sewage.”
Officials said the location of the spills caused the greater number of closures this year.
For more information about the beach closure’s and to see when the beaches will be opened again, you can call (562) 570-4199 or go to www.longbeach.gov/health.
Photo by jc and Edited by LA.CityZine
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