Bipartisan Bill Aims To Rehabilitate Tijuana River Valley After Sewage Spills

A bipartisan federal bill was introduced Monday that aims to rehabilitate the Tijuana River Valley after a series of sewage spills in the area and to implement ways to prevent future spills. The Tijuana River Valley Comprehensive Protection and Rehabilitation Act of 2017, introduced at a news conference by Reps. Juan Vargas, D-San Diego, and Darrell Issa, R-Vista, would provide grant funding and develop a coordinated plan to update the area’s infrastructure to prevent the flooding of sewage, trash and sediment into the area along the U.S.-Mexico border.