San Diego County Board of Supervisors declares first-ever state of emergency on Tijuana sewage that has fouled South Bay beaches for decades
Plugging up Tijuana’s leaky sewage system — which routinely fouls shorelines from Imperial Beach to Coronado — will likely require another major cash injection from the United States.
“Our coastal communities have suffered from this crisis for far too long, and today at the county we’re saying, ‘Enough, this has got to end,’” Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer, whose District 3 includes Coronado, said at the public hearing. Many residents showed up to voice concerns about the relentless pace of swimming restrictions that have recently plagued South Bay beaches. The shoreline in Imperial Beach has yet to open this year, and Coronado has seen its“The toxic waste that bleeds into our beaches from the Tijuana River directly impacts our workers’ health and safety,” Imperial Beach Lifeguard Ashley Hedrick told elected leaders.
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