EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announces US-Mexico deal to resolve the Tijuana River sewage crisis, calling it a massive environmental win for San Diego-area residents.

The United States and Mexico have signed an agreement outlining specific steps, funds and a timetable to clean up the longstanding problem of the Tijuana River pouring sewage across the border

Under the agreement, Mexico pledged to secure funding equivalent to US$13.3 million to begin construction this year on a project to divert treated water effluent. Mexico will also accelerate rehabilitation of collection and interception pipelines and wastewater treatment plants under previously agreed projects.