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Pollution, debris, and vegetation in Chollas Creek into which stormwater gets funneled and before flowing into San Diego Bay. Photo by Chris Parkes.

San Diego Stormwater Crisis Part 2 – Tackling Stormwater Management With Action & Funding

San Diego stormwater infrastructure is in serious need of increased funding. This article—Part 2 in our stormwater infrastructure blog series—explores deeper impacts to the environment, economy, and community, and realistic actions to securing appropriate funding.

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Understanding the Tijuana River Sewage Crisis – Government Inaction & Community Responses

Tijuana River has been at the center of a transboundary pollution crisis on the U.S./Mexico border for decades, resulting in public health impacts, closed beaches and massive environmental degradation of the Tijuana River Estuary.

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Understanding the Tijuana River Sewage Crisis – An Overview of Causes and Consequences

Tijuana River has been at the center of a transboundary pollution crisis on the U.S./Mexico border for decades, resulting in public health impacts, closed beaches and massive environmental degradation of the Tijuana River Estuary.

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MS4: How Can You Get Involved After It’s Adopted?

This post is the third in a series regarding the San Diego Regional Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permitfor the San Diego region. In this third and final entry in our series on the San …

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Video Update on Playas de Tijuana Sewage Spill

The folks at Proyecto Fronterizo de Educacion Ambiental A.C. shared this video with us of the broken sewage pipeline at Playas de Tijuana that is causing a spill of untreated sewage 3/4 mile south of …

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MS4 Permit: How Can You Help Develop It?

This post is the second in a series of three regarding the San Diego Regional Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit for the San Diego region. In our previous post on the San Diego Regional …

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What is the San Diego Regional Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit?

This post is the first in a series of three regarding the San Diego Regional Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit for the San Diego region. In this entry, I give a brief overview of the …

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One Man’s Waste Tires, Another Man’s Home

On April 12, San Diego Coastkeeper went on a Tijuana border tour led by WiLDCOAST’s Serge Dedina and Paloma Aguirre. The story of the day was the 2 million gallon sewage spill that flowed from …

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Power Outage Sewage Spill Victory Almost Here

The region-wide power outage last September caused massive sewage spills when two pump stations that lacked adequate backup power failed and discharged into local creeks. Our volunteer water monitors found evidence of the 3.5-million gallons …

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My Sewage Adventure

Have you seen that Kohler commercial where a man sees a pretty lady plumber walk into the house next door? He goes inside and starts flushing a bunch of junk down his toilet, presumably so he can …

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Pollution, debris, and vegetation in Chollas Creek into which stormwater gets funneled and before flowing into San Diego Bay. Photo by Chris Parkes.

San Diego Stormwater Crisis Part 2 – Tackling Stormwater Management With Action & Funding

San Diego stormwater infrastructure is in serious need of increased funding. This article—Part 2 in our stormwater infrastructure blog series—explores deeper impacts to the environment, economy, and community, and realistic actions to securing appropriate funding.

Read More
TJ-Hi-Res-109

Understanding the Tijuana River Sewage Crisis – Government Inaction & Community Responses

Tijuana River has been at the center of a transboundary pollution crisis on the U.S./Mexico border for decades, resulting in public health impacts, closed beaches and massive environmental degradation of the Tijuana River Estuary.

Read More
TJ-Hi-Res-100

Understanding the Tijuana River Sewage Crisis – An Overview of Causes and Consequences

Tijuana River has been at the center of a transboundary pollution crisis on the U.S./Mexico border for decades, resulting in public health impacts, closed beaches and massive environmental degradation of the Tijuana River Estuary.

Read More

MS4: How Can You Get Involved After It’s Adopted?

This post is the third in a series regarding the San Diego Regional Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permitfor the San Diego region. In this third and final entry in our series on the San …

Read More

Video Update on Playas de Tijuana Sewage Spill

The folks at Proyecto Fronterizo de Educacion Ambiental A.C. shared this video with us of the broken sewage pipeline at Playas de Tijuana that is causing a spill of untreated sewage 3/4 mile south of …

Read More

MS4 Permit: How Can You Help Develop It?

This post is the second in a series of three regarding the San Diego Regional Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit for the San Diego region. In our previous post on the San Diego Regional …

Read More

What is the San Diego Regional Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit?

This post is the first in a series of three regarding the San Diego Regional Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit for the San Diego region. In this entry, I give a brief overview of the …

Read More

One Man’s Waste Tires, Another Man’s Home

On April 12, San Diego Coastkeeper went on a Tijuana border tour led by WiLDCOAST’s Serge Dedina and Paloma Aguirre. The story of the day was the 2 million gallon sewage spill that flowed from …

Read More

Power Outage Sewage Spill Victory Almost Here

The region-wide power outage last September caused massive sewage spills when two pump stations that lacked adequate backup power failed and discharged into local creeks. Our volunteer water monitors found evidence of the 3.5-million gallons …

Read More

My Sewage Adventure

Have you seen that Kohler commercial where a man sees a pretty lady plumber walk into the house next door? He goes inside and starts flushing a bunch of junk down his toilet, presumably so he can …

Read More