Overview:
While The Coronado News has covered this crisis all year, this documentary explores something deeper: It's a personal look into the lives of Tijuana and San Diego County residents, and how this issue is so much more than just sewage systems failing.
The environmental crisis not only pollutes the water and shutters beaches, but it also affects sea life and causes health problems to residents, tourists, U.S. Border Patrol agents and Navy SEALS.
The Coronado News this year examined hundreds of public records and conducted dozens of interviews with U.S. and Mexican government officials, water contamination organization directors, environmentalists and individuals in the two countries.
The newspaper made several visits to Tijuana and gathered hours of footage and interviews while attending numerous public meetings and protests.
Throughout the year of constant coverage, there has been significant progress towards a solution.
President Biden sought $310 million in additional funding, the California Congressional delegation began speaking up on this issue, federal money that had been stalled was allotted for construction projects, and political leaders in Coronado and Imperial Beach finally began working together while new environmental groups were formed to protest the pollution.
While The Coronado News has covered all of this, this documentary explores something deeper: It’s a personal look into the lives of Tijuana and San Diego County residents, and how this issue is so much more than just sewage systems failing.
Watch the complete documentary, “Promises, Promises: The Tijuana Sewage Crisis,” and read ongoing stories in the series at thecoronadonews.com/tijuana-sewage-crisis.
