But Mexico has struggled to meet that agreement. Sewage infrastructure has not kept up with Tijuana's rapidly growing population and development... Waste from those areas flows untreated into the river system.
During heavy rains, inflows overwhelm the treatment plants... forcing upward of 140 million gallons of sewage to flow through the estuary and into the Pacific Ocean.
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Those events have had an impact on the area's tourism-based economy, said Valerie Acevez, the president of the Imperial Beach Chamber of Commerce.