Officials from the U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission
are urging the Mexican members of the commission and other local officials to finish projects that are keeping untreated wastewater flowing into the Tijuana River.
Among the biggest challenges Hassan Allam Construction faced building the seawater desalination plant for the greenfield city, New Mansoura, was groundwater control.
While improvements to the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant in San Diego
have begun, local officials stress more money will be needed to stop the raw sewage overflow problem in the cross-border area.
The joint venture team of ATAL Environmental Engineering, Degremont and China Harbour Engineering more than doubled the size of the San Wai Sewage Treatment Plant in a rural area just outside of Hong Kong to accommodate the city’s expanding development.