'Tsunami of sewage spills' in Tijuana fouls U.S. beaches, may have been intentional

[TexasTowelie]

A massive sewage spill in Tijuana that polluted beaches in San Diego County last month may have been no accident, according to state and local officials.

In a preliminary estimate, officials said about 143 million gallons of raw sewage spewed into the Tijuana River during a period of more than two weeks that ended Thursday. While cross-border sewage spills of a few million gallons are routine for the region, this is one of the largest such events in the last two decades, according to water quality experts in San Diego.

People from Tijuana to as far north as Coronado have been complaining of foul odors for weeks, prompting lawmakers in San Diego County to contact federal regulators as well as agencies in Mexico.

The U.S. regulators said their Mexican counterparts have given little explanation. Mexican officials also haven’t responded to requests for comment for this article since Monday.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-sewage-20170301-story.html

[font color=330099]I'm waiting for Trump to solve this problem.[/font]

[bettyellen]

1. A response to our thuggish president?

[TexasTowelie]

2. It's a disappointment

that it doesn't back up to the Trump Tower in New York.

[underthematrix]

3. LOL! And I believe one first EPA rules he wants to roll back has to do with water

[bettyellen]

4. NYC doesn't deserve that asshole. Going to be really unhappy when Florida gets too hot and

He comes up to NYC. I'm hoping he will at least spend most weekends at other golf clubs and stay away from the city. We've been through enough!

[safeinOhio]

5. Can we name that smell after him?

Have to give him credit for it.

[SHRED]

6. The ocean current rolls south along the coast

Not sure what this accomplishes if intentional.

[Brother Buzz]

7. The shit was dumped in the Tijuana River and it drains into the US

The Tijuana River flows through Mexico for most its course then crossing the border into Southern California for its lower 5 mi (8 km) to empty into the ocean in an estuary on the southern edge of San Diego.