US-Mexico Deal to resolve the Tijuana river wastewater crisis announced by EPA
EPA, Mexico meets the Tijuana wastewater crisis
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A new agreement between the United States and Mexico aimed at resolving the Tijuana River Water Water crisis is a “massive” victory for the Americans living in the San Diego region, announced the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Lee Zeldin, announced this week.
The understanding memorandum was signed on Thursday while EPA said that “for many decades, the untreated raw wastewater is sunk in southern California from Mexico, polluting the Tijuana river valley, closing the beaches, enclosing the tunes, harming the region’s economy and ecoguring the two sides of the border.”
“The Trump administration is proud to deliver this huge victory in terms of environmental and national security for the Americans in the San Diego region who live with these disgusting raw wastewater that has been flowing in their communities for too long,” Zeldin said in a statement.
The EPA said that the agreement responds to several “main priorities of the Trump administration and essential milestones to ensure a 100% solution to this problem” – in particular accelerating existing critical infrastructure projects.
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A panel reads “Stop the Stink” near the Tijuana River Valley region by the Border Field State Park along the American-Mexican border between San Diego and Tijuana in the County of San Diego, California, on April 23, 2025. In recent years, the problem of pollution of US-Mexico water closed the beaches and concerns about public health problems. (Patrick Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)
“The United States – Which Has Withheld Sending More American Dollars to Projects Unil Mexico Fulfilled Their Other Projects Obligations – Agreed to Release Epa Border Water Water Infrastructure Program Funding to Complete The Rehabilitation of Pump Station 1 and the Tijuana River Collection. Agreed to Fund and Begin Construction on Two Priority Projects This Year, the Diversion of Treated Effluent from Two Wastewater Treatment Plants and the Rehabilitation of the Parallel Line of Gravity, “said EPA, referring to a wastewater collection pipe in Mexico. “This has increased the total number of projects provided for this year by two to six.”
“To this end, Mexico will immediately require internal funding to initiate the process of building the diversion, which will divert 10 million gallons per day from treated effluents entering the Tijuana river, and the rehabilitation of the parallel gravity line.
He also declared that “several parallel projects necessary for Mexico have been added to take into account the future demographic growth of Tijuana and operating and maintenance costs”.
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The South Bay international wastewater treatment plant works to treat water and wastewater crossing the border of the Tijuana river behind a fence section of the border wall along the American-mexic border between San Diego and Tijuana on April 24, 2025. (Patrick Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)
The agreement was concluded after Zeldin went to San Diego in April to speak to people affected by the situation.
“I got involved in the residents that I would make an effort to build a global plan to finally put an end to the wastewater crisis,” said Zeldin. “Since my visit, Mexican and American governments have worked in collaboration to finalize a 100% permanent solution to this long -standing question. Secretary Rubio and the entire State Department, and the National Security Council of the White House have worked hand in hand with EPA and other federal partners, to make this agreement a reality.”
An aerial view of wastewater pouring out in Playa Blanca beach on the Tijuana coast, Baja California State, Mexico, March 21, 2024. (Getty Images)
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“It’s not just a solution for 2025,” he added. “We have designed this agreement to take into account demographic growth, operating and maintenance costs and other variables that would make this long -term and long -term solution. Recognizing the president Claudia Sheinbaum, secretary (of the environment and national resources of cooperation in Mexico, cooperation) and the commitment of us to clean the victories to clean the Tijuan. crisis old decades.
