Mexico is promising to invest a significant amount of money in the effort to reduce the flow of sewage crossing the international border. ErikKPBS has details ⤵️
“We owe Mexico a lot of credit for stepping up in this really significant way to deal with the problems on its side of the border,” said Scott Peters, a member of San Diego’s congressional delegation. “And to share this responsibility with us because we are one region. And that’s a very fundamental thing.”
Many of the projects identified in the agreements came from a comprehensive review of the situation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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