Two San Diego County supervisors on Wednesday praised a decision to expand treatment capacity at the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant.

In a statement, Paloma Aguirre and Joel Anderson said a cease-and-desist order will allow the plant to treat an additional 10 million gallons per day, from 25 million gallons to 35 million gallons.

The California Regional Water Quality Control Board adopted the order during its regular meeting Wednesday.

Aguirre and Anderson described that decision as “a major step toward reducing untreated sewage flows through the Tijuana River Valley.”

“South Bay families have been forced to live with toxic pollution for years now,” Aguirre and Anderson said. “This cease-and-desist order is an urgently needed step to protect public health and finally

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