Decades of neglect by a French company operating a federally funded wastewater treatment plant on the U.S.-Mexico border has led to billions of gallons of sewage and toxic chemicals in the Tijuana River, according to nearby residents who in a lawsuit decried the serious ecological and human health devastation. The plant is supposed to treat wastewater from Tijuana and then dump it into the Pacific Ocean at Imperial Beach, California. But according to the residents, [Veolia Water West Operating Services has by virtue of ] misconduct, reckless behavior and negligence — including not investing in or maintaining the sewage plant’s infrastructure — discharged fecal bacteria, heavy metals and chemicals banned in the U.S. like DDT, benzidine, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) into the Tijuana River. 

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