County supervisors greenlight plan to build own Tijuana River treatment plant, as Saturn Boulevard hotspot fix advances
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to launch a new phase of the county’s fight against Tijuana River pollution, approving funding to plan a new treatment system to capture sewage from the river itself and to advance a permanent fix at a toxic air pollution hot spot in South County. … The capture and cleanup measure directs the county’s chief administrative officer to begin an 18-month project development and engineering analysis, funded by $1.8 million from the county’s Unlocked Reserves Framework, according to a county staff report. … A separate measure allocates $4 million to advance design, environmental review and permitting for a permanent box culvert project at Saturn Boulevard, where hydrogen sulfide levels have reached 16 times the state air quality standard.
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