Some Movement on a Tijuana River Sewage Solution
Beaches remain closed from the border to south Coronado, but a slough of officials in recent days has elevated calls to fund a long-term solution to pollution from the Tijuana River.
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Repairs Underway on Mexican Wastewater Pipe as Coronado’s Water Bacteria Levels Rise Again
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /The Coronado Timesby Megan KittThe Coronado and Silver Strand shorelines are under advisory again after water bacteria levels exceeded state standards over the weekend as projects to address the Tijuana sewage crisis trudge forward on both sides of the border. In Mexico, a ruptured 42-inch wastewater pipe is expected to be repaired by November. It ruptured last summer, adding to the flow of untreated wastewater from Tijuana into coastal waters and across the U.S.-Mexico border.
Opinion: Summertime Is No Cure for the Environmental Blues
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Michael SmolensNews about the environment rarely is good these days, but a string of grim developments locally, regionally and internationally cast a particular pall over the otherwise sunny arrival of summer.
Beaches from Imperial Beach north to Coronado were closed because of sewage discharges from Tijuana. The Colorado River’s reservoirs are so low that severe water cuts are on the horizon for much of the southwestern United States. And another climate conference, this one in Germany, pretty much went nowhere.
Coronado Nonprofit Receives Prestigious ‘Keeling Curve’ Prize for Environmental Work
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Times of San Diegoby Chris JenneweinCitizens’ Climate Education, a nonprofit in Coronado, was one of 10 environmental organizations around the world to receive the prestigious Keeling Curve Prize named for a groundbreaking scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The organization, which promotes bipartisan climate-change mitigation policies such as carbon fees, was awarded its prize at a ceremony in Aspen, CO, on Monday, joining environmental organizations from Indonesia to Iceland.
County Officials Lift Coronado Water Contact Closure
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /San Diego Union-Tribuneby City News ServiceCORONADO — The San Diego County Department of Environmental Health lifted a water contact closure Monday for the Coronado shoreline and beaches from Avenida Lunar through North Beach.
Water quality testing confirmed Tijuana River flows are no longer impacting those beaches, according to the Department of Environmental Health, which had placed water contact closure signs to alert Coronado beach-goers to sewage-contaminated flows from the Tijuana River.
How the New North American Trade Pact May Lead to a Sewage Cleanup of the Tijuana River Valley
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /San Diego Union-Tribuneby Rob NikolewskiLocal economic and government officials Tuesday praised the new United States-Mexico-Canada deal as a way to further boost the San Diego-Tijuana cross-border economy. But an environmental concern — the runoff of raw sewage that often flows from Tijuana and fouls beaches from Imperial Beach to as far north as Coronado — might end up being one of the agreement’s most significant measures.
Coronado Represented On the San Diego Chamber’s Mission to DC 2019
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Eagle Weekenderby Bill SandkeIt was an honor to join over 160 business and political leaders from the San Diego Region for the 2019 Mission to DC. Sponsored by the San Diego Chamber, I was able to attend meetings with the EPA, State Department and several congress members as well as network with area leaders.
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