From the bill:
"Up to five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) of the moneys appropriated to the County of San Diego, described in subdivision (a), shall be used to
update or conduct, as the case may be, the following studies:
(1) An update to the Tijuana River Valley Recovery Team’s “Recovery Strategy: Living with the Water,” January 2012 to include issues related to
wastewater and runoff.
(2) A study focused on the improvement and protection of natural lands, including the main river channel, in the Tijuana River Valley."
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How nice, 1/2 million dollars to produce paper studies about an obvious problem that has an obvious solution. Gee, thanks Ben Hueso.
Clearly what's needed are cement trucks, laborers, and engineers to design and build what's needed to fix the problem of contaminated water from TJ
flowing into the US because gravity makes stuff flow downhill and that's where it is going to go. Better sewage infrastructure on the TJ side and a
treatment plant in the river valley to treat the sewage before discharge into the ocean. US and Mexico split the costs. It's a win-win for both sides.
[Edited on 8-13-2017 by SFandH] |