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San Diego County residents were being urged Saturday to avoid contact with coastal waters due to increase bacteria levels caused by runoff from this week's rain.

County officials placed the Point Loma shoreline under a water contact closure after approximately 5,875 gallons of gallons of sewage spilled from the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant on Tuesday, Feb. 20. The spill leaked into the ocean, according to the county’s Beach and Bay Water Quality Program. The closure to the area surrounding the…

County officials placed the Point Loma shoreline under a water contact closure after approximately 5,875 gallons of gallons of sewage spilled from the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant on Tuesday, Feb. 20. The spill leaked into the ocean, according to the county’s Beach and Bay Water Quality Program. The closure to the area surrounding the…

San Diego County residents are urged to avoid contact with coastal waters due to increased bacteria levels caused by run-off from this week's rain until at...

San Diego County residents were being urged Saturday to avoid contact with coastal waters due to increase bacteria levels caused by run-off from this week's rain.

San Diego County residents were being urged Saturday to avoid contact with coastal waters due to increase bacteria levels caused by runoff from this week's rain.

Health officials Thursday issued a general rain advisory for San Diego County coastal waters due to contamination by urban runoff following rain.

Health officials Thursday issued a general rain advisory for San Diego County coastal waters due to contamination by urban runoff following rain.

The advisory applies from San Onofre State Beach south to Border Field, including Mission Bay and San Diego Bay. Swimming, surfing and diving should be avoided for 72 hours after rain, the county said.

San Diego County health officials issued a general rain advisory and released a water contact closure list Sunday for county beaches.