Huntington State Beach closed for 2,000 feet

Michael Matter

Huntington State Beach was closed Tuesday to swimming and surfing

1,000 feet north and 1,000 feet south of Magnolia Street due to a

possible broken sewage line at a beach restroom.

The Orange County Health Care Agency, Environmental Health, closed the

beach after an unknown quantity of sewage spilled from possible cracks,

breaks or a separations in sewage lines from the lifeguard headquarters

and restroom No. 6.

The area will remain closed until the source of the contamination is

removed and the results of post-contamination water quality testing meets

acceptable standards.

“We’ve been watching the data five days a week,” said Monica Mazur,

spokesperson for the health care agency. “There was a previous problem

with sewage leaks in restrooms No. 7 and No. 8, which were already

repaired.”

The showers and restrooms at lifeguard headquarters as well as at

restroom No. 6.

“We will continue to monitor closely the restrooms not already

repaired or being repaired, No. 1 through No. 5 and No. 9 through 11,”

Mazur said.