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This story will make you think twice about eating the raw shellfish in Boqueron.
Dondequiera hit the blogosphere, outlining a story from El Nuevo Dia that 9 popular beaches of Puerto Rico have been closed due to excessive levels of the bacteriologicals: Enterococci and Fecal coliforms (from human waste contamination).
The 9 include:
Cerro Gordo - Vega Alta
La Monserrate - Luquillo
Boquerón - Cabo Rojo
Mojacasabe - Cabo Rojo
Rincón (60 colonias)
Puerto Nuevo - Vega Baja
El Escambrón - San Juan
Sardinera - Dorado
Crash Boat - Aguadilla
I am guessing the liquor store situated at the entrance to Boqueron is none too happy about the closure. I'm certain that fecal coliform is negatively correlated with gross sales of Medalla, Cohrs Lite, and Bacardi (aka money lost).
Full report including speculation as to La Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados' possible responsibility is available here.
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This story will make you think twice about eating the raw shellfish in Boqueron.
Dondequiera hit the blogosphere, outlining a story from El Nuevo Dia that 9 beaches of Puerto Rico have been closed due to excessive levels of the bacteriologicals: Enterococci and Fecal coliforms (from human waste contamination).
The 9 include:
- Cerro Gordo - Vega Alta
- La Monserrate - Luquillo
- Boquerón - Cabo Rojo
- Mojacasabe - Cabo Rojo
- Rincón (60 colonias)
- Puerto Nuevo - Vega Baja
- El Escambrón - San Juan
- Sardinera - Dorado
- Crash Boat - Aguadilla
I am guessing the liquor store situated at the entrance to Boqueron is none too happy about the closure. I'm certain that fecal coliform is negatively correlated with gross sales of Medalla, Cohrs Lite, and Bacardi (aka money lost).
This is really nothing new (dead dogs and trash ring a bell?). However, as a consolation, Puerto Rico's tourism industry is certainly better than Haiti's.
Full report including speculation as to La Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados' possible responsibility is available here.
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Having been a volunteer diver to clean beaches in PR I know for fact that the standards in PR to have clean beaches is much higher than Florida. Those beaches you just mentioned are PR's best in internal tourism, those beaches will not be closed for long if were closed at all. Local marine biologists graduates from Mayaguez University are nationally known for the being the best. We have to pay tribute and have high respect for them identifying the problem and keeping our beaches clean, also for all the volunteer divers that go out every weekend in efforts to maintain our high level of standards when it comes to marine life.
Nov 17 2009 3:20
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Franky - I'm interested in how these beaches were contaminated. The Marine biologists may be very good. Not taking anything away from them. However, public beaches are routinely tested. So what is the source of this contamination? This is not just one beach in an isolated area. It's several, located around the island, and several very popular destinations. A serious cause for concern.
I would like to hear more info about the volunteer divers and what they do. This sounds like an interesting story.
