{"id":234821,"date":"2025-12-16T00:07:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T00:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/234821\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T00:07:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T00:07:07","slug":"us-mexico-sign-new-agreement-on-tijuana-river-sewage-crisis-epa-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/234821\/","title":{"rendered":"US, Mexico sign new agreement on Tijuana River sewage crisis, EPA says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dec 15 (Reuters) &#8211; The United States and Mexico signed a new agreement aimed at addressing the ongoing Tijuana River sewage crisis, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Monday in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The decades-long issue of Mexican sewage flowing into the Tijuana River and across the U.S. border before emptying into the Pacific Ocean near San Diego has been a point of contention between the U.S. and Mexico.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"promo-box\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__promo-box__hVl8h\"> Sign up  <a data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/environment\/us-mexico-sign-new-agreement-tijuana-river-sewage-crisis-epa-says-2025-12-15\/undefined?location=article-paragraph&amp;redirectUrl=%2Fbusiness%2Fenvironment%2Fus-mexico-sign-new-agreement-tijuana-river-sewage-crisis-epa-says-2025-12-15%2F\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new agreement saw the U.S. and Mexican Sections of the International Boundary and Water Commission agree to infrastructure projects, research, enhanced monitoring, &#8220;and planning for operation and maintenance of critical sites and systems that will account for future population growth in Tijuana,&#8221; 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