EPA chief demands that Mexico stop Tijuana sewage from flowing into California
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday that Mexico must stop the flow of billions of gallons of sewage and toxic chemicals from Tijuana that has polluted the Pacific Ocean off neighboring Southern California, closing beaches and sickening Navy SEALs who train in the water. Lee Zeldin made the demand during an Earth Day trip to the California-Mexico border, where he toured a plant in San Diego County that treats the sewage as a secondary facility and flew along the frontier to see the Tijuana River. He also was scheduled to meet with SEALs. Zeldin said that in the next day or so, his agency will present Mexico a to-do list of projects to resolve the decades-long environmental crisis, but he stopped short of specifying how the Trump administration would hold Mexico accountable if it does not act.
Other U.S.-Mexico water news:
- Los Angeles Times: EPA chief urges Mexico to help deliver ‘100% solution’ to clean up polluted Tijuana River
- Fox News: EPA chief Zeldin launches talks with Mexico to end sewage hitting San Diego, Navy SEALs: ‘Out of patience’
- San Diego Union-Tribune: ‘Mexico needs to fulfill its part:’ New head of EPA vows to pressure Mexico to hasten end to sewage crisis
- E&E News by Politico: White House taps new head of US-Mexico water agency
- KJZZ (Phoenix, Ariz.): After Trump administration denied Mexico water request, it pushes out top water official
- SanDiegoRed: Governor Marina del Pilar reviews progress on San Antonio de los Buenos Wastewater Treatment Plant
