Boca de Tomatlan, a paradise south of Puerto Vallarta

I don’t know the statistics but what I know is that people pee in the water every day. Also if you travel up the Cuale River that empties into the bay in Old Town, you will find people washing clothes, bathing, and using the bathroom in the water because there are still many places in Vallarta without water services. Of course wildlife is in the oceans and they don’t exit to use the bathroom. In general the ocean waters are full of human and animal waste, but the waters are tested every month, and more so after heavy rains, to ensure safe levels. It has been about 12 or 15 years since Puerto Vallarta has had to close beaches because of contamination, they are getting better with extending water services to people up into the mountains that bring runoff into the bay. Also, many people don’t realize there is a Boca de Tomates (note the difference in the names) and they confuse the two areas. Boca de Tomates is at a river’s mouth that dumps into the bay, so you could also have heard about that and confusing the two areas. I don’t know.