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Title: Pollution in the Tijuana River Author: Kevin Rancik Abstract: The Tijuana River is a highly
polluted river which crosses an international border and has a number of
physical and human dimensions associated with it. Its water is not used for consumption, but many residents
in Tijuana, Mexico live within close proximity of its polluted waters. Large maquiladora factories, upstream
agriculture, and neglected colonia settlements contribute to pollution which
destroys the river’s water quality.
Current treatment facilities are inadequate, and the river releases
water into the Pacific Ocean with extraordinarily high turbidity and at times
ocean-level salinity. A
significant proposed solution is the Bajagua treatment plant which will be
built in eastern Tijuana and which is expected to supply Tijuana with
reclaimed water in the future. Key References: Bajagua,
LLC. (2006). The Bajagua Project. Retrieved April 30, 2006, from http://www.bajagua.com Center
for Latin American Studies.
(2005). Ten Years
After NAFTA: How Has Globalization
Affected Mexico? Retrieved April 30, 2006, from http://www.clas.berkeley.edu:7001/index.html Davis, R. (2006, March 6). An ‘Invisible’ Problem. Voice of San Diego. Retrieved April 30, 2006, from http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/ International Boundary and Water
Commission. (2006). International Boundary & Water
Commission. Retrieved March 8, 2006, from Lee, M. & Rodgers, T. (2006, February 16).
Agency OKs sewage plant for Mexico. San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved April 30, 2006, from http://www.signonsandiego.com National Estuarine
Research Reserve System.
(2004). Tijuana River
Reserve, California. Retrieved March 8, 2006, from http://nerrs.noaa.gov/TijuanaRiver/welcome.html Return to Water
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Date: May 2006
Student: krancik@willamette.edu
ENVR 327: Water Resources
Instructor: Dr. Karen Arabas
http://www.willamette.edu/~karabas/courses/envr327w