The California State Games late Monday canceled a junior lifeguard competition scheduled for Thursday in Coronado. Organizers said the cancellation was over concerns about sewage-contaminated water.
Another week another beach event canceled in Coronado. The California State Games has canceled a junior lifeguard competition that was supposed to happen Thursday over water quality concerns. As KPBS reporter Alexander Nguyen shows us. Coronado’s mayor is not pleased with the county’s new water safety testing method.
The event was supposed to take place Thursday through Sunday, and included children ages 9 through 17. The game's other 22 events, including archery, field hockey and track and field, will continue. Hill said the junior lifeguard competition will return next summer. "What we've seen over this past summer has been that the county has shut down or issued advisories for our beaches one-third of the summer days so far, which is simply unprecedented," he said."And it's not because there's been any change to the underlying environmental conditions."
The new test detects both dead and live bacteria in water. The old cultured test only detects live bacteria. But county environmental health officials say there has been no change in what the state considers unsafe bacteria levels in the water.
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