… A spokesperson for the State of Baja California said the San Antonio de los Buenos wastewater treatment plant is nearing completion. The plant has been offline and dumping more than 17 million gallons of raw sewage a day directly into the Pacific Ocean for several years. That raw sewage flows north and has forced the County of San Diego to use the yellow signs from the border to the IB Pier for most of that time. There have been long stretches when the water has been off limits all the way up to Coronado Beach. Mexico began fixing its plant at the beginning of 2024. They said it would be ready by last September. That was five months ago. Last week, Dr. Maria-Elena Giner, the International Boundary and Water Commission commissioner, said it was finally done.

Other coastal water quality news:

• Pulitzer Center: Sewage on the beach: Pollution’s widespread effect on California’s border city
• British Broadcasting Corporation: From Baywatch to toxic waste – LA’s iconic beaches unrecognisable
• Newsweek: California map shows beaches people are being warned to stay out of water
• OB Rag (Ocean Beach, Calif.): Coastkeeper annual report on Mission Bay shows spikes of bacteria and metals