Blog: Poor water quality and noxious smells are a cross-border headache on the Tijuana River
The Tijuana River has been in the news lately as pollution pours into the US from Mexico. To help us understand what’s happening, we spoke with former PPIC Water Policy Center advisory council chair Celeste Cantú, who currently sits on the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board. … [Celeste Cantú:] Tijuana is at the end of the drought-prone and dwindling Colorado River system. All of us will need to thrive with less water from the Colorado River. I would love for Tijuana to augment its water supply with indirect or direct potable reuse, with US support to build a plant for that.
Other water pollution news:
- The San Luis Obispo Tribune (Calif.): Unsafe levels of bacteria fester in Pismo Lagoon, group says. Who will clean it up?
- Greeley Tribune (Colo.): Colorado’s proposed settlement with company that failed to clean up defunct uranium mill draws criticism
- Circle of Blue: Blog: Traces of old farm chemicals contaminate water across the U.S.
- AFRO News: Blog: Vulnerable communities still struggling with aging water systems
