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17.12.25 - 13:18
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US, Mexico Reach Agreement To Fix Tijuana River Sewage Crisis: EPA (ZeroHedge)
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US, Mexico Reach Agreement To Fix Tijuana River Sewage Crisis: EPA
Authored by Melanie Sun via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
The Trump administration has signed a new binational agreement with Mexico, advancing efforts to solve a decades-long sewage crisis plaguing residents both north and south of the transnational Tijuana River.
Trash lines the beaches near the Tijuana River mouth outside of San Diego, Calif., on Sept. 19, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Dec. 15 that the United States and Mexico have signed a “historic new agreement” called Minute 333. The binational agreement saw both nations agree to additional actions that the EPA said will “progress to permanently and urgently end the decades-long Tijuana River sewage crisis.”
The majority of the 120-mile Tijuana River lies south of the U.S.–Mexico border in the Mexican state of Baja California. Only the last five miles are on the U.S. side of the border, flowing to...
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15.12.25 - 20:15
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Mexico Bends The Knee, Agrees To Fulfill US Water Treaty Commitments (ZeroHedge)
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Mexico Bends The Knee, Agrees To Fulfill US Water Treaty Commitments
Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times,
The United States and Mexico reached an understanding in which Mexico will meet its obligations under the 1944 Water Treaty and provide water to American farmers and ranchers, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said in a statement on Dec. 12.
“Under the 1944 Water Treaty, Mexico is obligated to deliver 1.75 million acre-feet over five years to the United States from the Rio Grande River. The United States in turn delivers 1.5 million acre-feet of water to Mexico from the Colorado River,” the USDA said.
However, “Mexico's persistent shortfalls in deliveries have led to severe water shortages for Rio Grande Valley farmers and ranchers, devastating crops, costing jobs, and threatening the local economy,” it said.
The valley is located in the southernmost part of Texas.
Mexico will begin releasing 202,000 acre-feet of water to the United States, with deliveries s...
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