California State Senator Steve Padilla has introduced a bill, SB 1178, to address cross-border pollution in the Tijuana River Valley. The bill would require large California companies to publicly disclose their wastewater discharges that can contaminate California watersheds.
Still water in the Tijuana River Valley reflects the chirping birds who live there, giving the impression it is as nature made it — until you see the floating trash and smell the stagnant, polluted water. For decades, activists tried to clean up the Tijuana River’s watershed as it flowed from Tijuana into San Diego's coastal waters, which are contaminated with both human and industrial waste.
“This is nothing short of an environmental and public health crisis, and it has been made worse by the fact that California companies are part of the problem," said State Senator Steve Padilla Monday, while announcing SB 1178, a bill to address cross-border pollution. “Our bill would require California companies and businesses licensed to do business and sell products in California that have more than 2,500 employees to publicly disclose their wastewater discharges that can result in contamination to California watersheds,” Padilla said. Then those companies would be required to either clean up the mess themselves — or pay a fee for the state to do it for the
California Senator Bill Cross-Border Pollution Tijuana River Valley Wastewater Discharges Contamination Watersheds
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