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A Study Of International Wastewater Challenges And Policy In The Tijuana River Watershed, Gloria Ann Villaverde
A Study Of International Wastewater Challenges And Policy In The Tijuana River Watershed, Gloria Ann Villaverde
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Since the 1930s, untreated and undertreated sewage from Tijuana, Baja California, México has been released into the Tijuana River Watershed causing contamination of the water supply, crops, the Tijuana Estuary and California beaches. Passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has exacerbated the problem by causing population and industrial growth explosions for which there have been insufficient services to meet the needs of the people. The waters of the Tijuana River flow (from México) north over the International Border, into the Tijuana Estuary, discharge out to the Pacific Ocean and often flow north, up the California Coast; therefore, …