Posted on 11/02/2017 7:44:44 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Officials with the U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission, or IBWC, said they received word from the agency’s Mexican counterpart, the Comision Internacional de Limites y Aguas, or CILA, there was no report of a spill.
“We did speak with Mexico, and we got through to CILA, and they said there’s no information regarding a spill,” said Lori Kuczmanski, spokeswoman for IBWC...
Spearheaded by Dedina, an effort is building throughout the county to take the IBWC to court to force the federal agency to ramp up pressure on Mexico to stop the sewage spills. Imperial Beach and Chula Vista, as well as the city, county and port of San Diego have now all filed an intent to sue the agency.
“Right now, we don’t seem to have any help in our United States government in combating these sewage flows and protecting public health,” Dedina said.
The Tijuana-based environmental group Proyecto Fronterizo de Educación Ambiental did independent water testing on Friday and leaders of the organization said they found “extremely high” levels of fecal indicator bacteria in Playas de Tijuana. The group has pointed to the deteriorating San Antonio de Los Buenos sewage treatment plant at Punta Bandera as the likely source of the pollution. Mexican officials have said that upgrading the plant is a top priority in a massive infrastructure overhaul that would cost at least $372 million. Starting last Thursday evening, sewage polluted miles of shoreline from coastal communities south of the border to Imperial Beach, said Paloma Aguirre, coastal and marine director with the nonprofit environmental group Wildcoast.
Wildcoast said it contacted the San Diego County Department of Environmental Health about the contamination — the agency that oversees beach closures — but no testing was done and the shoreline remained open through the weekend.
(Excerpt) Read more at sandiegouniontribune.com ...
I was stationed there (IB) in the late 80’s early 90’s. You speak the truth. In fact, I was at NAVCOMTELSTA San Diego / NAVRADRECFAC Imperial Beach. Good times....
Thank you for your service! A lot of people got introduced to SD courtesy of the United States Navy. I was one of the rare ones that was born there (but I am in Texas now, thank God).
“Hey, is that a Clark bar”
Brown 25 (from Uranus)
Heh.. and I served in San Diego, but was born in Texas! (Houston area, actually)! I met a lot of locals in SD, and visit when I can... probably won’t make it back until 2019, but definitely plan to go back every few years....
*** “Time to Build a Wall out to the International Water Boundary” ***
Nope, a Return Pump, a big honking RETURN TO SENDER pump
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