Wildcoast/TJ-IB Sewage on California Report

Crossing the Border: Mexico and California's shared health challenges

a 5-part series from The California Report

http://www.californiareport.org/domains/californiareport/050919-borders.jsp

(This is a very comprehensive look at the problems related to water pollution
along the U.S-Mexico Border in Tijuana and Imperial Beach. Please check out the
slide show. Mahalo-Serge-Wildcoast from Mexico City).

The 140 mile border, between California and Mexico, is a geopolitical barrier.
But that's a distinction lost on viruses, and other public health challenges
which can travel back and forth with the growing number of people making
millions of crossings each year. "Crossing the Border: California and Mexico's
shared health challenges" explores the ties that bind both sides of the border.

Toxic Waters

Mon, Sept 19, 2005

Surfers call it a sewage Tsunami. When it rains, millions of gallons of
untreated wastewater from Mexico flow into the Tijuana River and out to the
Pacific Ocean near the California/Mexico border. Untreated sewage can cause a
number of waterborne diseases. Sasha Khokha follows the sewage flow from
hillside shantytowns in Tijuana to the beaches of San Diego and San Antonio De
Los Buenos.

Bajagua Project

Tue, Sept 20, 2005

A booming population, and rise in factory production along the California-Mexico
border, have overwhelmed Tijuana's ability to process sewage. During storms,
wastewater bypasses the treatment plants and flows out into the ocean
threatening the health of surfers, swimmers and fisherman on both sides of the
border. Sasha Khokha reports on one controversial solution, a proposed
privately owned U.S. treatment plant in Tijuana.