The same week politicians in Congress and the State House announced progress on a decades-old pollution crisis in the Tijuana River Valley, officials also announced a major new spill. The U.S. International Water and Boundary Commission notified the public Friday morning that Mexican officials reported a failure at the Insurgentes Collector wastewater system Thursday night that will cause 11.5 million gallons of sewage and chemicals to spill into the Tijuana River daily, pending repairs. … Alex Padilla said [Thursday] they had arranged nearly $3.5 million in federal aid for a dredging project to remove sediment, trash and debris from Smuggler’s Gulch to reduce pollution and flooding in local communities.

Other sewage spill news:

• FOX5 (San Diego): Sewer pipe collapses, adding millions of gallons of raw sewage into Tijuana River
• The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, Calif.): After the largest Russian River sewage spill in more than 40 years, scrutiny mounts over state of aging rural sewer plant
• ABC7 (San Francisco): Nearly 60 homes impacted by massive Robin Lane sewage spill in Clearlake, California, officials say
• Lake County News (Lakeport, Calif.): Clearlake sewer spill released nearly three million gallons of sewage, county officials say
• Lake County News (Lakeport, Calif.): Sewer spill cleanup continues; residents offered resources