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IV Press – River, health ideas offered
January 20, 2012BY ELIZABETH VARIN Staff Writer PALM DESERT — The public health issues posed by the New River could be solved by 2017. That’s the goal of the California Regional Water Quality Control Board as it held a workshop Thursday for board members to go over its strategic planning goals for the New River, to eliminate…Read More
IV Press – Suds in New River a ‘nuisance,’ official says
December 21, 2011By ALEJANDRO DAVILA Staff Writer CALEXICO — It may have looked like snow, but it was actually a vast amount of detergent foam that appeared in the New River on Tuesday. The New River, which originates in Mexico and ends in the Salton Sea, was at one time considered the most polluted in the country.…Read More
IV Press – New River strategic plan discussed
November 23, 2011By ALEJANDRO DAVILA Staff Writer A draft plan to improve the ecological situation of the New River was discussed in a public meeting at the Imperial Irrigation District board room Tuesday. The New River, which originates in Mexico and ends in the Salton Sea, was at one time considered the most polluted in the country.…Read More
IV Press – Summit eyes environment
November 18, 2011By CHELCEY ADAMI Staff Writer CALEXICO — The fourth annual Imperial County Environmental Health Leadership Summit brought together people of all ages and backgrounds Thursday in an effort to review the area’s environmental challenges, accomplishments and resources. “This summit is really the way of advancing the issues that have been holding our community stagnant and…Read More
IV Press – Environmental agencies tour the Valley
November 17, 2011By ALEJANDRO DAVILA Staff Writer CALEXICO — The monthly water testing of the New River had additional visitors today with a bus tour of community leaders and members of local, state and federal environmental agencies who visited sites that pose ecological risks to the county. The tour was hosted by Comite Civico del Valle, a…Read More
IV Press – Border 2020 Binational program seeks input
October 6, 2011By CHELCEY ADAMI Staff Writer CALEXICO — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency presented its binational environmental program Border 2020 to members of the Calexico community Wednesday night and is soliciting written public comments through the end of November. Response to comments are anticipated to be developed by spring 2012, a new binational agreement signed August…Read More
California Watch – Californians push for New River cleanup in health plan
October 4, 2011By BERNICE YOUNG Writer Calexico residents and community advocates will push for greater attention to the New River – considered the country’s most polluted waterway – at a public hearing tomorrow on Border 2020, a new bilateral plan to address the environmental and health problems at the U.S.-Mexico border. The Border 2020 [PDF] plan is…Read More
IV Press – New River reaches new ages
March 9, 2011By CHELCEY ADAMI Staff Writer CALEXICO — New generations learned about an old problem as the Calexico New River Com¬mittee held its second art contest. “We believe that we have targeted and worked for the past 10 years with local leaders that have known the problem to exist since they were young,” Miguel Figueroa, New…Read More
IV Press – Residents hopeful regarding New River
February 27, 2011By CHELCEY ADAMI Staff Writer Hope springs eternal, as one Imperial County resident put it, for those affected by the heavily polluted New River. Imperial Valley residents came out Wednesday and Thursday to hear if plans to clean up the New River are going to be the same old song and dance with no results.…Read More
IV Press – New River cleanup hinges on public input
February 18, 2011By WILLIAM ROLLER Staff Writer Much has been spent in the last several decades on studying how to clean up the highly polluted New River, but studies do not always lead to action. A strategic plan pledges to make a difference. The New River Improvement Project is not a study but a road map of…Read More