Tijuana Sewage System Improvements and Treatment Plant Expansion

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The United States and Mexico reached an agreement to address the decades-long sewage crisis involving sewage flows from Mexico into the Tijuana River and across the U.S. border into the Pacific Ocean near San Diego. Mexico agreed to expedite $93 million worth of improvements to the Tijuana sewage system and commit to projects for future growth and maintenance. The U.S. committed to releasing funds to complete the expansion of a sewage treatment plant on the U.S. side of the border by the end of August, increasing its capacity from 25 million to 35 million gallons per day. Mexico also committed to doubling the capacity of the San Antonio de los Buenos sewage treatment plant south of the border.