Bi-National Investigation Launched Into Tijuana Raw Sewage Spill in Pacific Ocean Samantha Dean - Tech Times
go to original March 6, 2017

Over 140 million gallons of sewage spills into the Pacific (Pecker Wood)

Update: Huge Sewage Spill Was Perhaps Far Bigger: 230 Million Gallons? (San Diego Union-Tribune)

One of the biggest raw sewage spills in terms of magnitude into the Tijuana River, was reported in Greater San Diego earlier in February.

Around 143 million gallons of sewage was spilled into the river along the beaches in San Diego, down to Tijuana in Mexico.

The spillage reportedly started on Feb. 6 as gallons of sewage seeped into the Pacific Ocean. It is believed that the spill started in Mexico and the matter is being investigated. A bi-national investigation about the raw sewage spill into the Pacific Ocean is being carried out by officials in the U.S. and Mexico.

According to the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC), which is conducting the investigation, the sewage was initially noticed in the beaches of San Diego, California, down through Tijuana Mexico.

The IBWC is a joint government agency and is charged with the duty of settling water treaties between Mexico and California.

The IBWC is looking into what caused the spill and early reports from officials at the Imperial Beach reveal that the sewage was due to a broken pipe.

The spill apparently occurred due to a rupture in the sewage collector pipe, which was located near Mexico's Tijuana and Alamar rivers' junction. The Tijuana River drains into the Pacific Ocean, but on the U.S. border side.

"We need to make sure the commission receives timely and accurate information when there are sewage spills in one country that affect the other," noted Edward Drusina, the IBWC Commissioner.

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Related: Video Shows Raw Sewage from Tijuana Reaching San Diego After Leak Said to End (San Diego Union-Tribune)

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