President Joe Biden is asking that lawmakers grant $310 million in emergency spending to fix the sewage pollution from Mexico that is wreaking havoc on South County communities. The administration on Wednesday sent to Congress a supplemental funding request of $55.
” If approved, the $310 million would supplement the $300 million that Congress secured in 2021 to cover the expansion of the South Bay treatment plant so that it can double the amount of raw sewage it treats, from 25 million gallons per day to 50 million gallons per day. The expansion project has been part of a $630-million plan the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency hoped to break ground on this year.
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