The Trump administration rediscovered the problem through another unpopular export in Mexico: the raw sewage.
The Tijuana River was flooded with sewage sailing along the international border along San Diego County, ending years with Empire Beach on the U.S. side. [emphasis, links added]
Now, besides being a deteriorating environmental problem, it is also a problem of national security.
Global warming activists claim that untreated raw sewage damages the Tijuana River due to climate changebut anyone following this question knows that it has been a problem for decades before climate catastropheists begin to get stuck.
In recent years, Tijuana's growth has overwhelmed the city's ancient sewage system. It's time to make more tweaks to the system, TJ.
Surfers, anglers and other water lovers have been ordering this part of the Pacific for over three years.
Where @gavinnewsom Lifeguards in San Diego ordered people on July 4 due to sewage pollution in Tijuana, Mexico. The beach has been closed for more than 900 consecutive days! pic.twitter.com/0nchurgvgt
— Amy Recht (@amyforsandiego) July 5, 2024
Trump EPA administrator Lee Zeldin said something must be done now to stop sewage and save the environment around Empire Beach.
Mexico has dumped millions of gallons of raw sewage into the United States for decades.
EPA administrator Lee Zeldin said he will visit the region in the coming weeks, requiring Mexico to implement permanent solutions pic.twitter.com/wncflcpl77
-Tultok's Libs (@libsoftiktok) April 4, 2025
“Mexico needs to fulfill its role in cleaning up the pollution they cause – their people cause.” He continues “They can’t see it as a U.S. problem, just because their pollution reaches our soil.”
The water was so polluted that the Navy SEALs usually trained next door to Coronado and had to transfer some of their training to clean waters in North San Diego County.
Over the past five years, gastrointestinal disease has overcome more than 1,100 seal group candidates, believed to be caused by contamination. You can read more about this in a special VIP article I wrote nearby.
Since 2017, Tijuana gallons of sewage have flowed into the Pacific Ocean, destroying this entertainment area for many years.
In the 1980s, listeners at the San Diego Radio Station heard KFC host Bill Ballance entertained and, with his often repeated observations, led to the scandal that Mexico's largest export was “Mexico's largest export” was “nut blocks of raw sewage and illegal foreigners.”
The U.S. Marine Corps veteran and the early “Shock Jock” in Southern California was his time. He would shake the core because the sewage made the seal disgusting.
In 1980, surfer, outdoor athlete and mayor of Empire Beach Brian Bilbray jumped onto a bulldozer and moved enough dirt to redirect part of the “Tia Juana” river, as at that time, to save part of his city from the effects of the original sewage.
The bulldozer incident caused news. Watch this old story by KFMB-TV reporter Jesse Macias.
Please note that all protesters sitting on contaminated sand and wading in the water. Yech.
Bill Bray said at the time, “I would rather have a little incident now than major hepatitis. In the long run, we will get cooperation from Mexicans. The biggest thing is to get their attention.”
Oh, he used to.
Top photo: Warning signs on Empire Beach about sewage pollution, exposure to health risks of swimmers and tourists. Source: Greg Bulla
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