These are the agreements reached Mexico with the US to attend sewage from Tijuana that arrive in San Diego

during the meeting held by the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, Alicia Bárcena Ibarra, with the administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Lee Zeldinthis Monday, April 21, both nations agreed a series of joint actions to discuss the Sanitation of the Tijuana River.

Bárcena previously detailed that for topographic reasons the Tijuana River has a gravity that will lead to the Estario del Imperial Valley, so one of the solutions was the construction of the San Antonio de los Buenos Plant, this to treat the sewage that goes to San Diego, California.

Both nations since 2022 have agreed specific actions such as the conclusion of said plant and collectors by Mexico to prevent the Water download Raws on the beaches of California, although some more are pending to accelerate its execution and conclude in 2027.

The meeting between officials was held after the United States intensified their demands to Mexico to stop the flow of sewage to stop pollution in the Pacific Ocean.

In this regard, the Republican Senator of Montana, Tim Sheehy, denounced that Mexico discharges about 19 million liters of contaminated water in the Pacific, which, he said, affects the health of thousands of Americans every year.

Country agreements for wastewater

During the meeting, both officials reached the following agreements:

• Meeting as soon as the commissioners of Mexico and the United States of the CILA to review and accelerate compliance with the Acta 328which contains 17 priority projects of water infrastructure and border sanitation.
• Urgent meeting of the Council of the Development bank of the North America (NADBANK) to expedite the execution of key projects for the SANITATION OF THE BASIN from the Tijuana River financed by the bank.

• Mexico will prioritize the reconduction of the treated water of the arturo herrera and the morita plants towards the Abelardo Rodríguez dam, avoiding its discharge to the Tijuana River.
• The US will advance two years the expansion of the Pitar treatment plant in San Ysidro, California, with the goal of concluding in 2027.
• Temporarily expand the ability of South Bay International Plant25 to 35 million gallons daily, during the expansion stage of a new plant.
• Maintain a transparent technical and institutional collaboration, avoiding unilateral misinformation or statements.

Regarding the International Treatment Plant in South Bay, San Ysidro, Lee Zeldin promised to accelerate the times to be completed before 2027, since it would completely solve the sanitation of the discharges of the Tijuana River on the beaches of California.