1. United States
2. Calif.
3. Letter

Please intervene in the Tijuana River sewage crisis affecting Imperial Beach, Coronado, South Bay San Diego, and U.S. military training areas. This is not one broken plant. It is a failed international wastewater system. EPA identifies multiple pathways for contaminated flows from Mexico into California, including the Tijuana River, cross-border canyons, and San Antonio de los Buenos / Punta Bandera ocean discharge. The South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant is federally owned/administered but privately operated. California agencies have monitored and permitted for years, but American citizens still face beach closures, odors, water contamination, health concerns, and lack of real-time transparency. Please bring in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to audit, model, harden, and rebuild the system; require Mexico-side source control; create real-time public alerts; protect military readiness; and create a cost-recovery ledger for damages caused by Mexico-side failures. Treat the waste before it crosses the border. Treat the waste before it enters the Pacific Ocean. Protect American citizens first. Respectfully,