SAN YSIDRO- The hundreds of plastic bottles, garbage and waste stood out among the hectares of land in San Ysidro that borders Tijuana, there the amount of waste and the smell of drainage are the main postcard of the border after the rains.
“This is not a unique situation, we are going to see it more and more and more with climate change,” said Paloma Aguirre, mayor of Imperial Beach.
This amount of contaminants has put local authorities and community members on alert, who say today their animals and loved ones are in danger.
“Thousands of tons of garbage, plastics, polyethylene, waste tires have all been due to the flow of the Tijuana River,” explained Paloma Aguirre.
Elizabeth has lived for 25 years near Camino de la Plaza street, adjacent to this type of new garbage dump, which she claims affects her quality of life and that of her daughters.
“One of my daughters has asthma and inside the house when it starts to smell we turn on the purifier and when it ends we don’t know,” said Elizabeth Melchor, an affected resident in San Ysidro.
The same as the ranchers, who say they fear their animals drink the water that comes from the drainage and are close to the mud that forms between the pollution.
“What arrives is the fine mud that is already contaminated and that is what has to be cleaned after the water passes,” explained Gerardo Preciado, horse owner in San Ysidro.
What the mayor of Imperial Beach said has left them no choice but to take a delegation with the mayor of Chula Vista and a councilman from Coronado this weekend to Washington, DC, where they will ask for $310 million to repair and expand the plant. of Wastewater treatment, as well as a declaration of emergency to the president.
“We are going to have a meeting with the White House to make that request,” said Paloma Aguirre. The mayor of Imperial Beach said that to prevent the arrival of more garbage and contaminants to the properties surrounding the treatment plant and Camino de la Plaza street, a sand trap is necessary to take the contaminated water to the treatment plant and place a solids retention mesh, which prevents the arrival of garbage into the sea.
“Before, civil society organizations organized and cleaned to remove it by hand, but the conditions are so toxic, that it is a high risk to health, it is not recommended to approach this garbage for a long time,” added the mayor. from Imperial Beach.
2024-01-25 18:41:26
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