E. coli bacteria was detected in the drinking water in Imperial Beach, California, and some nearby communities.
, several schools in the San Ysidro School District closed on Friday out of an abundance of caution due to the water contamination. The Chula Vista Elementary School District has shut off water, except for toilets, at five schools and is providing water bottles, hand sanitizer and hand washing stations, NBC 7 reported.
It’s not yet clear what the source of contamination was in this case, but E. coli in drinking water is often a sign of fecal contamination, according to Georgia Kayser, an assistant professor of global and environmental health at the University of California, San Diego.
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