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LEGISLATION
Testimony from Congressional Hearing
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1944 - Treaty between the United States
of America and Mexico relating to the
utilization of the Waters
of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande Clean
Water Act goes into effect
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1972 - Clean Water Act goes into effect
1987 - Clean
Water Act is amended, which includes Section 510
- Provides the USIBWC and the EPA legal
authority to proceed with the IWTP in the U.S. at a 25 mgd capacity
- Funding for the IWTP is limited by
language in Section 510 and a 1993 VA-HUD Appropriation bill that
imposes a spending cap on projects that fall under Section 510
Treaty Minute 283
- Related to The Treaty for the Utilization
of Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande
(February 1944)
- Sets forth the obligation by the IWTP to
provide 25 mgd of secondary treatment and industrial pre-treatment
in Mexico, construction of ocean outfall in the U.S. and cost
sharing
- Mexico has the right to reuse the water generated
in their country and treated at the U.S. facility
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here for a PDF version of this document
Tijuana River Cleanup Program
(Title VIII-P.L. 106-457)
- November 2000 - PL 106-457 becomes law
- Authorizes the Bajagua Project for secondary
treatment for up to 50 mgd at a facility in Mexico
- Increase to 75 mgd if confirmed by Tijuana
Sewer Plan
- Private operation of the facility
- Fee -for-services contract (IBWC & Private
Operation)
Public Law No: 106-457
A bill to encourage the restoration of
estuary habitat through more efficient project financing and enhanced
coordination of Federal and non-Federal restoration programs,
and for other purposes. download
document here
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Public Law No: 108-425
To amend the Tijuana River
Valley Estuary and Beach Sewage Cleanup Act of
2000 to extend the authorization of appropriations, and for other
purposes.
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