The Imperial County Board of Supervisors authorized the submission of a $750,000 grant application to the State Water Resources Control Board on Tuesday, August 25, for the Proposition 4 United States-Mexico Border Funding Program. Prop 4, also known as the Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act, passed in 2024 to provide $50 million for projects to address water quality problems in the California-Mexico cross-border rivers and coastal waters, including the New River. Prop 4 provides funding for projects focused on research and planning, with a separate grant application type for construction and implementation projects. The county’s grant application would not be in competition with efforts or grants coming out of the City of Calexico’s operations. 

Other U.S.-Mexico water news:

• San Diego Union-Tribune: Chula Vista hires federal lobbyist, dropping Imperial Beach sewage crisis partnership for now​