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TexasTowelie

(112,217 posts)
Fri Mar 3, 2017, 02:06 AM Mar 2017

'Tsunami of sewage spills' in Tijuana fouls U.S. beaches, may have been intentional [View all]

A massive sewage spill in Tijuana that polluted beaches in San Diego County last month may have been no accident, according to state and local officials.

In a preliminary estimate, officials said about 143 million gallons of raw sewage spewed into the Tijuana River during a period of more than two weeks that ended Thursday. While cross-border sewage spills of a few million gallons are routine for the region, this is one of the largest such events in the last two decades, according to water quality experts in San Diego.

People from Tijuana to as far north as Coronado have been complaining of foul odors for weeks, prompting lawmakers in San Diego County to contact federal regulators as well as agencies in Mexico.

The U.S. regulators said their Mexican counterparts have given little explanation. Mexican officials also haven’t responded to requests for comment for this article since Monday.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-sewage-20170301-story.html

[font color=330099]I'm waiting for Trump to solve this problem.[/font]

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