Working in Tijuana

I have been working at the City of Imperial Beach for the last 2 1/2 years and have learned a tremendous amount about the issues in the Tijuana River valley. The Tijuana River watershed is unique in the since that the water naturally flows from south to north, which means part of my job entails developing partnerships and addressing issues on a bi-national level with mexico.  The Tijuana River Valley also includes multiple federal, state, and local agencies with overlapping jurisdictional authority. For all the complexities of this watershed there is still really good work moving forward on the cleanup and restoration of the TJ river. The photos below are from a tour of some of the wastewater treatment plants in Mexico.