{"id":1074,"date":"2025-09-22T04:09:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T04:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tijuanariverco.wpenginepowered.com\/?page_id=1074"},"modified":"2026-01-05T20:03:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T20:03:18","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tijuanarivercoalition.org\/es\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\r\n\t\t\t\t\tJoin us to <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\tAdvocate for Solutions<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\tto the Public Health Crisis in the Tijuana River Watershed and Heal Our Communities<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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The Tijuana River Watershed in the San Diego - Tijuana transboundary region<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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is steeped in rich multicultural identities that date back thousands of years. The River holds paramount significance for both inland and coastal communities and the delicate ecosystems it traverses.<\/p>

Yet, despite its cultural, ecological, and geopolitical importance, this complex and beautiful region is plagued with severe transboundary pollution, impacting 20 miles of international coastline and millions of residents throughout the region. Every year billions of gallons of toxic waste carrying raw sewage, industrial chemicals, and trash flow across the U.S.\/Mexico border through the Tijuana River Watershed and out into the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Decades of neglect, in both countries<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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to invest in wastewater management infrastructure that keeps people and ecosystems safe and a lack of political will to address the situation have allowed the Tijuana River Watershed to become so polluted that it\u2019s making people sick.\u00a0 This has become one of the worst ongoing public health crises in both nations.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Together, we join forces<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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KEY FACTS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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20 miles<\/span> of international coastline affected<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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1,455<\/span> consecutive days of beach closures and counting for San Diego County\u2019s southernmost beach<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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170+ billion<\/span> gallons of toxic cross-border flows in the Tijuana River since 2018<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Measured by the International Boundary and Water Commission<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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34,000 illnesses<\/span> in 2017 linked to water pollution along the Imperial Beach coastline by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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$500,000+<\/span> annually of estimated revenue loss for tourism industry, according to preliminary data from San Diego County\u2019s 2023 Economic Impact Study<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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