News Briefs: U.S. and Mexico Agree to Fund New WWTPs Near Tijuana Border

The United States and Mexico recently signed a treaty to construct new wastewater treatment facilities near the international border to stop sewage spills into the Tijuana River. The spills have been an ongoing problem for years, and polluted water sometimes makes its way into the Pacific Ocean and causes beach closures. The governments have agreed to fund projects that would double the capacity of the South bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant in the United States and build a new treatment plant in Tijuana. Combined, the plants would extend capacity by 43 mgd, according to the San Diego Tribune. Two Construction Workers Die in