Mexico Says It Fixed the Tijuana River Sewage Problem. It’s Partly True.
The Tijuana River flows throughout the U.S.-Mexico border region in San Diego. / Photo by Adriana Heldiz
Like a giant garbage disposal, three huge new green pipes sit on Mexico’s side of the border, shredding trash in the Tijuana River that would otherwise jam this critical piece of the city’s wastewater system that caused spills on the United States side.
“It’s a dream come true,” said Rigoberto Laborín Valdez, the undersecretary of sanitation and the protection of water in Baja California, gazing through a construction fence at the replacement pump station he brought to fruition.