The filthiest river in North America flows in the California desert.
The New River, formed in a flood in 1905, flows eighty miles from Mexicali in Baja California to the Salton Sea. It is a dumping ground for wastes from two countries, full of stunning amounts of untreated municipal sewage, industrial effluent, agricultural waste and trash. The recent quake near Mexicali, and the damage to the city’s infrastructure that resulted, will likely only make an atrocious situation worse.
This video from California Connected gives a taste of the New River.
You can find out more by visiting the website of the City of Calexico’s New River Committee.
“...the developers want it for growth.”
Greed may be one of the seven deadly sins, but it always seems to be deadliest to the innocent bystanders.
Very sad. Another blow to my trust in human beings.
Bill;www.wildramblings.com