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The Big Bet to Fix the Rio Grande Sewage Problem

Inside Climate News · By Martha Pskowski, photos by Brenda Bazán · last updated
Nuevo Laredo was dumping millions of gallons of sewage a day into the Rio Grande. The U.S. and Mexico worked together to find a solution.

By Martha Pskowski, photos by Brenda Bazán

For years, raw sewage has flowed into the Rio Grande from a beleaguered wastewater treatment plant in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.