A growing population, aging infrastructure and more stringent effluent limits spurred the need for a large-scale expansion of the Tomahawk Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility, which first began operations in 1955 in Johnson County, Kan.
Lawmakers are moving ahead with plans for new legislation authorizing billions of dollars for flood protection, harbor dredging, river locks and dams, ecosystem restoration and other projects.
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.