Recent storms have once again pushed large amounts of trash from Mexico into the Tijuana River Valley, but new equipment installed along the river is already making a noticeable difference. Project leaders say newly added floating trash deflectors are improving how debris is captured, preventing waste from scattering throughout the river corridor in San Ysidro and reducing the risk of pollution reaching the Pacific Ocean. … The deflectors work alongside an existing trash boom installed about a year and a half ago at the start of the Tijuana River Valley. Stretching roughly 700 feet across the river, the barrier is designed to intercept debris flowing north from Tijuana before it spreads downstream.

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