Popular Bay Area beach could be closed for THREE years after disgusting discovery: 'It's as gross as it sounds'

A fashionable formation successful the Bay Area could beryllium closed for 3 years due to a sewage leak that has seeped from adjacent cliffs.

Marin County crews discovered the sewage leak adjacent Bolinas Beach, forcing the closure of the formation to some radical and pets.

'When I heard determination was sewage coming down, it was a small terrifying,' said section Craig Fagin, who added that the concern sounds arsenic gross arsenic it is.

The closure stretches astir a mile and a fractional from Brighton Avenue northbound to Agate Beach.

'After investigating a fewer sources on the bluff, we recovered the substance was wastewater, it contained E. coli which lines itself with quality waste,' Marin County spokesperson Laine Hendricks told section ABC affiliate KGO.

Despite the closure, determination was nary noticeable foul odor successful the aerial during a caller sojourn from the section quality outlet.

Director of Marin County's Community Development Agency Sarah Jones estimation that the sewage travel is occurring astatine dozens of locations, with 3 of those sites combined releasing astir 43,000 gallons of discarded into the water daily, chiefly during precocious tides.

The root of the sewage leak remains unclear. While the assemblage is chiefly connected septic systems, officials are investigating whether these systems, earthy causes, oregon ungraded erosion are to blame. 

Residents precocious expressed concerns astir the imaginable duration of the formation closure astatine a assemblage meeting.

'I deliberation this is simply a ample lawsuit for the assemblage a precise superior event, we're disquieted it could crook into a three-year formation closure,' said 1 neighbor. 

The closure has had a antagonistic interaction connected section businesses, arsenic beachgoers stimulate the section system during the summertime months. 

'Like I said, it's concerning, ' said nonmigratory Nader Ghattas. 'We don't cognize much, but it's been quiet.'

Marin County officials are continuing investigating and mitigation efforts to code the sewage leak.

The reopening day for Bolinas Beach remains uncertain. While the region has stated that the drinking h2o is safe, homeowners with wells are advised to trial their h2o arsenic a precaution.

These closures travel as a string of East Coast beaches person been closed owed to the find of aesculapian waste, including utilized needles, pill bottles, and tampons, washing ashore.

Swimmers person been advised to debar the water successful Maryland, Virginia, and Delaware.

The closures person besides affected Rehoboth Beach, a fashionable abrogation destination for President Joe Biden.