troubled Waters New River

www.CalexicoNewRiver.org

Troubled Waters- By California Connected
The New River holds the dubious distinction of being called North America's most polluted river. It starts in Mexicali, Mexico, flows past homes in the California border town of Calexico and winds up in the Salton Sea. It is made up of 70% waste material and contains raw sewage, disease-causing bacteria, heavy metals and toxic chemicals. It is so dangerous that Border Patrol agents are not required to go in the river to stop illegal immigrants who use it as a "safe" crossing point.

Much of Calexico's largely Spanish-speaking population is made up of new immigrants with little political or financial power to do something about the problem. The Calexico New River Committee is trying to push a multi-part project to encase, clean, and treat the river. CalEPA has made them one of six environmental justice pilot projects, but the project has a long way to go.

How do you go about cleaning up a mess this big when you are a small, rural, immigrant town with little or no money? And how thirsty must this state be for water agencies to actually WANT the water (if you can call it that) from this river?
www.CalexicoNewRiver.org

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[roadfatigue]

I hunt the Imperial Valley. One morning we saw green fog hanging over the river. If I did not see it with my own eyes I would not have believed it. The whole river smells like a damn shithouse. And these bright people use it to cross? No wonder health care in America is on the rise. They get sick and we fix them for free. Wonderful!!

[edwardpeck]

Keep in mind the city of Mexicali was build by american companies and his the home of exported american manufacturing companies

[zpoyly]

@meant8 mi caca es su caca

[godfightsRS]

this is nothing compared to places in Russia, there are rivers contaminated by radiation on purpose to test on people. look up most contaminated place on earth, russia.

[666EDMON666]

JAJAJAJA TODA LA MIERDA DEL GUNI!!

[meant8]

ha ha it comes from mexico fuck the mexicans

[davidsquall351]

WoW

[biolectron]

good thing it's not the real ''New River'' that flows through NC, VA, and WV and empties into the Ohio river

[germz43]

Du Arschloch Cuntbumser Sie Stück des Scheißemutterbumsers Sie Bumsen jüdisch als redneck

[Kwicherbichen]

I checked Google maps and I see the part that flows out and down to Mexico but not the part that flows up into America? I'm not saying it does work the way they show but most of that pollution is right on the border dividing line and it appears Mexico is doing most of the polluting.