One year after taking office, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin will return to San Diego County Thursday to continue addressing the decades-old Tijuana sewage crisis that has plagued the South Bay community.
Since being sworn in as the 17th administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency on January 29, 2025, Zeldin has made the cross-border sewage issue a priority, promising to deliver a “100% solution” to the problem that has impacted Imperial Beach and surrounding areas for years.
Timeline of progress under Zeldin’s leadership
ABC 10News was there when Zeldin made his first visit to the South Bay on April 22, 2025, where he emphasized the urgency of finding a permanent solution.
“We’re coming here with an incredible sense of urgency to have a solution that can be executed to permanently end this,” Zeldin said during that visit…