Mexico Announces Multi-Million Dollar Sewage Infrastructure Repair Project

The Director General of Mexico’s National Water Commission (CONAGUA) announced Monday that work will soon begin on a $4 million sewage and wastewater infrastructure improvement project along the Tijuana River.A majority of the funding will go toward repairing the “west collector” and improving the operation of waste plants which will lower the risk of sewage mains collapsing, the commission said. Families Mourn Losses of Teens Killed in Escondido Crash In a release, CONAGUA said that more than 3 miles of the “main collector” would be repaired, as well as waste plants, the electric substation, the engine’s control system and the emergency power generators.The commission said that the improvements will increase the collector’s capacity to handle wastewater and guarantee an “adequate and secure” connection to connecting plants. Random Punch at Solana Beach Bar Caught on Camera Work will begin on the project in 10 days, CONAGUA said.The Tijuana Rover runs through Tijuana, Mexico, from the southeast, crossing the U.S.-Mexico border just west of the San Ysidro Port of Entry and continues northwest to the Pacific Ocean. Dead Whale Towed from Black’s Beach to Fiesta Island Sewage spills and contaminated runoff caused by heavy rains on the Mexican side of the border frequently send contaminated water downstream into the U.S., often resulting in the closure of beaches upcurrent from the river.Earlier this month, the County Department of Environmental Health closed Imperial Beach, Silver Strand State Beach and Coronado Beach due to contaminated flows after a heavy rainstorm.Similar closures were issued in January following a rainstorm.Tijuana’s sewage management issues have recently become an item on the agendas of local and state politicians.In early March, the Port of San Diego along with the cities of Chula Vista and Imperial Beach filed a federal lawsuit against the agency responsible for preventing pollution in the Tijuana River Valley.On Jan. 24, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) wrote a letter addressed to the Office of Management and Budget requesting $20 million for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) U.S.-Mexico Border Water Infrastructure program.Photo Credit: NBC 7
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