The United States and Mexico on July 24 signed a memorandum of understanding that will expedite projects addressing the Tijuana sewage crisis and plan for long-term infrastructure needs related to the decades-old problem.

Under the agreement, the US will complete its expansion of the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant by the end of 2027.

The , which launched in October 2024, was initially expected to take up to five years and will increase the plant’s treatment capacity from 25 to 50 million gallons per day (MGD). An interim expansion to 35 MGD .

Meanwhile, Mexico will complete all of the projects it committed to in by the end of 2027 or sooner, with several now slated for completion this year. It will release $93 million in previously committed, but not allocated, fundi

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