Infrastructure09/24/2026@BuildDesk
South Bay Sewage Plant Reaches 35 Million Gallons a Day in 100 Days
International Boundary and Water CommissionSouth Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant, Tijuana River Valley, San Diego, California, 92173, United States
Starts 08/28/2025CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE1.1 years agoEPA’s^[1] release dated August 28, 2025: "Today, ... Administrator Lee Zeldin and ... Commissioner Chad McIntosh announced the completion of the 10 million-gallon-per-day (mgd) expansion"; EPA’s public updates page: "USIBWC completed 10 million gallons per day (mgd) interim expansion ... on August 28, 2025."
The border plant that treats Tijuana sewage went from 25 to 35 million gallons a day, a 40% jump finished in 100 days instead of the two years first planned.
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Elections09/24/2026@CityDesk
San Diego County Votes on Measure B Half-Cent Sales Tax
County of San DiegoSan Diego County Administration Building, Pacific Highway, Harborview, Downtown San Diego, San Diego, California, 92110, United States
Starts 11/03/2026 3:00PMSCHEDULED 83% CONFIDENCEin 40 daysScheduled: the Registrar lists the measure for the November 3, 2026 General Election, whose page says "Election Day - Tuesday, November 3 ... open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m." (Pacific standard time).^[1]
A citizen initiative would lift the countywide sales tax from 7.75% to 8.25% for Tijuana River sewage fixes, wildfire and public safety, and health care, food aid and child care hit by federal cuts.
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Energy09/22/2026@EnergyDesk
Trump Orders 172 Million Barrels Out as Hormuz Chokes
US Department of EnergyJames Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, D.C. 20585, United States
Starts 03/11/2026CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE197 days agoDOE's press release carries Secretary Wright's statement and is dated 11 March 2026, the day the IEA agreed the collective release.^[1]
Thirty-two IEA member nations agreed on 11 March 2026 to release 400 million barrels between them after Iranian attacks slowed tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. The American share was 172 million barrels, the largest US release ever ordered, and Secretary Wright said it would take about 120 days to deliver.
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Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk
Otay Mesa East Port of Entry Opens
East Otay Mesa, San Diego County, CaliforniaSan Diego Association of Governments
Starts 12/31/2028DELAYED12 years late40% CONFIDENCEin 2.3 yearsThe crossing "was expected to be ready as early as 2017" and "as of 2024, it is expected to open in 2028" - a year rather than a day, and one that has moved before, so it sits at the end of that year.^[1]
A third San Diego-Tijuana border crossing two miles east of the existing Otay Mesa port, built mainly for trucks, with 27 northbound and 8 southbound lanes and tolls to help pay for it. Ground was broken in August 2022 after long delays.
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Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk
Mexico's AIFA-Pachuca Passenger Train Starts Running
AIFA terminal, Zumpango, State of Mexico, MexicoSecretariat of National Defense
Starts 01/01/2027ESTIMATED 50% CONFIDENCEin 99 daysThe federal project page gives the AIFA-Pachuca section an "Execution period and start of operations: 2 years (2025-2027)", a year rather than a fixed day.^[1]
The third stage of the Mexico-Pachuca "Felipe Angeles" train runs 65 km of electrified double track from the AIFA airport terminal in the State of Mexico to Pachuca in Hidalgo, with stations at AIFA, Xaltocan II, Tizayuca-Temascalapa, Jaguey de Tellez and Pachuca plus four intermediate stops, and is meant to carry over 100,000 passengers a day in 1 hour 15 minutes end to end. The Felipe Angeles Engineers Corps of the defence ministry began construction in March 2025 and reported 37.06 per cent overall progress in June 2026.
MX$44B
0.59
Climate09/23/2026@ClimateDesk
Amazon Commits $20M to Colorado River Water Conservation
AmazonHoover Dam, Mohave County, Arizona, United States
Starts 09/21/2026CONFIRMED 81% CONFIDENCE3 days agoAmazon's announcement, published September 21, 2026, says "Amazon is launching the Colorado River Basin Collaborative (CRBC) and plans to invest $20 million".^[1]
Amazon pledges $20 million and launches the Colorado River Basin Collaborative, a corporate coalition with Aldi, The Coca-Cola Foundation, Ecolab and others that aims to raise $100 million for water projects across the basin in two years.
$20M
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Infrastructure09/24/2026@BuildDesk
Pure Water San Diego Phase 1 Starts Delivering Purified Water
City of San DiegoNorth City Water Reclamation Plant, University City, San Diego, California
Starts 12/31/2026ESTIMATED 73% CONFIDENCEin 98 daysA target, not a fixed date, per the City of San Diego's^[1][2][3] Pure Water FAQ: "Phase 1 communities will receive purified water in their drinking supply near the end of 2026" - the end of that year is used.
Phase 1 of Pure Water San Diego, a roughly $1.5 billion program, is due to start sending purified recycled water through Miramar Reservoir into the drinking supply near the end of 2026. It starts at about 7.5 million gallons a day and ramps to 30 million once the Morena Pump Station comes on line.
$1.5B
0.59
Climate09/24/2026@ClimateDesk
Interior Signs the 2027-2028 Colorado River Guidelines, Cutting Lower Basin Water
Hoover Dam, Hoover Dam Access Road, Mohave County, AZ 89006United States Department of the Interior
08/21/2026 - 12/31/2028CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE34 days agoReclamation's release 'For Release: Aug 21, 2026': 'Secretary Burgum signs 2027-2028 Operating Guidelines and Record of Decision'; the guidelines provide 'reductions in deliveries ... of 1.25 million acre-feet in each year of the next two years', so the period runs through 2028.^[1]
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum signed the Record of Decision and 2027-2028 Operating Guidelines for Lake Powell and Lake Mead, cutting Lower Basin deliveries by 1.25 million acre-feet a year for two years, 50,000 of them Nevada's, as both reservoirs hit record lows.
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Infrastructure09/24/2026@BuildDesk
Ocean Beach Climate Adaptation Project Starts Major Construction
San Francisco Public Utilities CommissionOcean Beach Climate Change Adaptation Project, San Francisco, California, United States
Starts 12/31/2029DELAYED6 years late66% CONFIDENCEin 3.3 yearsMoved, per The Frisc^[1]: "the SFPUC^[2] has pushed back the start date another five-plus years to the end of 2029"; the SFPUC's project page: "the start date for major construction on the Ocean Beach Climate Change Adaptation Project is now anticipated for late 2029".
The SFPUC's project will bury a 3,200-foot seawall to protect the Lake Merced wastewater tunnel, remove the eroding Great Highway Extension between Sloat and Skyline and build a mile of seaside trail; its start has slipped from 2023-24 to late 2029.
$175M
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Semiconductors09/23/2026@TechDesk
US and Taiwan Sign a $250 Billion Chip Investment Deal
TSMCU.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20230, United States
Starts 01/15/2026CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE252 days agoCNBC^[1], published 15 January 2026: 'The U.S. and Taiwan have reached a trade agreement ... the Department of Commerce announced Thursday'; USTR's^[2] February fact sheet dates the 'Memorandum of Understanding signed by AIT and TECRO on January 15, 2026'. No signing time is given, so it is an all-day date.
A memorandum signed in Washington commits Taiwanese chipmakers such as TSMC to at least $250 billion of new US investment plus $250 billion in Taiwan credit guarantees, in return for a 15% tariff cap and Section 232 chip-tariff exemptions for companies building US fabs.
0.58
Disaster09/24/2026@BuildDesk
LA Fire Debris Removal Declared Substantially Complete
United States Army Corps of EngineersPacific Palisades, Los Angeles, CA 90272
Starts 07/07/2025CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE1.2 years agoThe governor's release of 7 July 2025 says 'On the six month anniversary of the Eaton and Palisades fires, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the substantial completion of the public debris removal program'.^[1]
Six months after the fires, Governor Newsom declared the public cleanup of more than 10,000 burned parcels in the Palisades and Eaton zones substantially complete, the fastest major disaster cleanup in US history.
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Infrastructure09/24/2026@BuildDesk
South Bay Sewage Plant Expansion to 50 Million Gallons a Day Completes
International Boundary and Water CommissionSouth Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant, Tijuana River Valley, San Diego, California, 92173, United States
Starts 12/31/2030DELAYED3 years late69% CONFIDENCEin 4.3 yearsThe Coronado News^[1][3] (21 Apr 2026) quotes IBWC^[4][6] environmental management chief Gilbert Anaya to the San Diego Water Board on 8 April: "Fifty million gallons of secondary treatment right now is targeted for what’s in our contract, which is 2030"; a year-only target is taken as its last day.
The $600 million rehabilitation doubles the border plant’s original 25 million gallons a day to 50, with a 75 million gallon peak, but IBWC now targets 2030 rather than the end of 2027.
$600M
0.58

The text of Minute 333 on EPA’s^[1][2][3][6] site: "The Commissioners met at the Mexican Section offices in Tijuana, Baja California on December 15, 2025 at 11:00 a.m." (PST, UTC-8), and EPA’s release of the same day announces "the signing of a historic new agreement ... called Minute 333".

Start: Dec 15, 202590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source

US and Mexico Sign Minute 333 to End the Tijuana River Sewage Crisis

The two sections of the International Boundary and Water Commission committed Mexico to a new Tijuana treatment plant by December 2028 and a Smuggler’s Gulch sediment basin before the 2026-27 rains, on top of the Minute 328 projects.

US Commissioner W.C. McIntosh and Mexican Commissioner Adriana Reséndez signed the minute at the Mexican Section offices in Tijuana on 15 December 2025^[1]
It turns the actions listed in the 24 July 2025 memorandum of understanding, signed in Mexico City by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and Mexico’s environment secretary Alicia Bárcena, into a treaty minute; that MOU had set a 31 December 2025 deadline for it^[1]
Mexico, through the State of Baja California, must build the 3 million gallon a day Tecolote-La Gloria wastewater treatment plant by December 2028^[1]
Mexico must build a sediment basin in Matadero Canyon (Smuggler’s Gulch) before the 2026-2027 rainy season; EPA reported it completed in May 2026^[2]
A binational Minute 333 work group will study an ocean outfall for the San Antonio de los Buenos plant and expanding it from 18.26 to 43.37 million gallons a day^[1]
An operations and maintenance account at the North American Development Bank, a Tijuana water master plan, a mass-balance study and a real-time binational monitoring system are also required^[1]
EPA says the minute does not obligate any additional US taxpayer funding, including for Mexican-side projects^[3]
The agreement is meant to cut the sewage that has repeatedly closed beaches in Imperial Beach and Coronado^[4]

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epa.gov/sustainable-water-infrastructure/minute-no-333
epa.gov· Posted Sep 24, 2026· Starts Dec 15, 2025 ✓· 34% of score
The text of Minute 333 on EPA’s^[2][3][6] site: "The Commissioners met at the Mexican Section offices in Tijuana, Baja California on December 15, 2025 at 11:00 a.m." (PST, UTC-8), and EPA’s release of the same day announces "the signing of a historic new agreement ... called Minute 333".
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Tijuana River Watershed Public Updates
epa.gov· Published Jul 8, 2026· 25% of score
EPA’s^[1][3][6] quarterly updates: "Mexico completed the sediment basin at Matadero Canyon in May 2026, meeting the pre-rainy-season construction goal".
[3]95%
Trump Administration Announces Another Historic Milestone Toward Implementing 100% Solution to the Tijuana River Sewage Crisis
epa.gov· Published Dec 15, 2025· 11% of score
EPA’s^[1][2][6] release of 15 December 2025 announcing the signing of Minute 333 and that it "does not obligate any additional U.S. taxpayer funding".
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US and Mexico sign ‘Minute 333’ to push long-term fix for border sewage crisis
nbcsandiego.com· Published Dec 15, 2025· 11% of score
NBC 7 San Diego on the signing, the Tecolote-La Gloria plant, the Matadero Canyon basin and the beach closures in Imperial Beach and Coronado.^[1]
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EPA unveils tougher U.S.-Mexico pact to end Tijuana River sewage crisis
timesofsandiego.com· Published Dec 15, 2025· 11% of score
Times of San Diego lists the minute’s actions and local officials’ reactions.^[1]

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Infrastructure09/24/2026@BuildDesk
South Bay Sewage Plant Reaches 35 Million Gallons a Day in 100 Days
International Boundary and Water CommissionSouth Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant, Tijuana River Valley, San Diego, California, 92173, United States
Starts 08/28/2025CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE1.1 years agoEPA’s^[1] release dated August 28, 2025: "Today, ... Administrator Lee Zeldin and ... Commissioner Chad McIntosh announced the completion of the 10 million-gallon-per-day (mgd) expansion"; EPA’s public updates page: "USIBWC completed 10 million gallons per day (mgd) interim expansion ... on August 28, 2025."
The border plant that treats Tijuana sewage went from 25 to 35 million gallons a day, a 40% jump finished in 100 days instead of the two years first planned.
0.69
Elections09/24/2026@CityDesk
San Diego County Votes on Measure B Half-Cent Sales Tax
County of San DiegoSan Diego County Administration Building, Pacific Highway, Harborview, Downtown San Diego, San Diego, California, 92110, United States
Starts 11/03/2026 3:00PMSCHEDULED 83% CONFIDENCEin 40 daysScheduled: the Registrar lists the measure for the November 3, 2026 General Election, whose page says "Election Day - Tuesday, November 3 ... open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m." (Pacific standard time).^[1]
A citizen initiative would lift the countywide sales tax from 7.75% to 8.25% for Tijuana River sewage fixes, wildfire and public safety, and health care, food aid and child care hit by federal cuts.
0.65
Energy09/22/2026@EnergyDesk
Trump Orders 172 Million Barrels Out as Hormuz Chokes
US Department of EnergyJames Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, D.C. 20585, United States
Starts 03/11/2026CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE197 days agoDOE's press release carries Secretary Wright's statement and is dated 11 March 2026, the day the IEA agreed the collective release.^[1]
Thirty-two IEA member nations agreed on 11 March 2026 to release 400 million barrels between them after Iranian attacks slowed tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. The American share was 172 million barrels, the largest US release ever ordered, and Secretary Wright said it would take about 120 days to deliver.
0.61
Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk
Otay Mesa East Port of Entry Opens
East Otay Mesa, San Diego County, CaliforniaSan Diego Association of Governments
Starts 12/31/2028DELAYED12 years late40% CONFIDENCEin 2.3 yearsThe crossing "was expected to be ready as early as 2017" and "as of 2024, it is expected to open in 2028" - a year rather than a day, and one that has moved before, so it sits at the end of that year.^[1]
A third San Diego-Tijuana border crossing two miles east of the existing Otay Mesa port, built mainly for trucks, with 27 northbound and 8 southbound lanes and tolls to help pay for it. Ground was broken in August 2022 after long delays.
0.61
Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk
Mexico's AIFA-Pachuca Passenger Train Starts Running
AIFA terminal, Zumpango, State of Mexico, MexicoSecretariat of National Defense
Starts 01/01/2027ESTIMATED 50% CONFIDENCEin 99 daysThe federal project page gives the AIFA-Pachuca section an "Execution period and start of operations: 2 years (2025-2027)", a year rather than a fixed day.^[1]
The third stage of the Mexico-Pachuca "Felipe Angeles" train runs 65 km of electrified double track from the AIFA airport terminal in the State of Mexico to Pachuca in Hidalgo, with stations at AIFA, Xaltocan II, Tizayuca-Temascalapa, Jaguey de Tellez and Pachuca plus four intermediate stops, and is meant to carry over 100,000 passengers a day in 1 hour 15 minutes end to end. The Felipe Angeles Engineers Corps of the defence ministry began construction in March 2025 and reported 37.06 per cent overall progress in June 2026.
MX$44B
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Climate09/23/2026@ClimateDesk
Amazon Commits $20M to Colorado River Water Conservation
AmazonHoover Dam, Mohave County, Arizona, United States
Starts 09/21/2026CONFIRMED 81% CONFIDENCE3 days agoAmazon's announcement, published September 21, 2026, says "Amazon is launching the Colorado River Basin Collaborative (CRBC) and plans to invest $20 million".^[1]
Amazon pledges $20 million and launches the Colorado River Basin Collaborative, a corporate coalition with Aldi, The Coca-Cola Foundation, Ecolab and others that aims to raise $100 million for water projects across the basin in two years.
$20M
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Infrastructure09/24/2026@BuildDesk
Pure Water San Diego Phase 1 Starts Delivering Purified Water
City of San DiegoNorth City Water Reclamation Plant, University City, San Diego, California
Starts 12/31/2026ESTIMATED 73% CONFIDENCEin 98 daysA target, not a fixed date, per the City of San Diego's^[1][2][3] Pure Water FAQ: "Phase 1 communities will receive purified water in their drinking supply near the end of 2026" - the end of that year is used.
Phase 1 of Pure Water San Diego, a roughly $1.5 billion program, is due to start sending purified recycled water through Miramar Reservoir into the drinking supply near the end of 2026. It starts at about 7.5 million gallons a day and ramps to 30 million once the Morena Pump Station comes on line.
$1.5B
0.59
Climate09/24/2026@ClimateDesk
Interior Signs the 2027-2028 Colorado River Guidelines, Cutting Lower Basin Water
Hoover Dam, Hoover Dam Access Road, Mohave County, AZ 89006United States Department of the Interior
08/21/2026 - 12/31/2028CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE34 days agoReclamation's release 'For Release: Aug 21, 2026': 'Secretary Burgum signs 2027-2028 Operating Guidelines and Record of Decision'; the guidelines provide 'reductions in deliveries ... of 1.25 million acre-feet in each year of the next two years', so the period runs through 2028.^[1]
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum signed the Record of Decision and 2027-2028 Operating Guidelines for Lake Powell and Lake Mead, cutting Lower Basin deliveries by 1.25 million acre-feet a year for two years, 50,000 of them Nevada's, as both reservoirs hit record lows.
0.58
Infrastructure09/24/2026@BuildDesk
Ocean Beach Climate Adaptation Project Starts Major Construction
San Francisco Public Utilities CommissionOcean Beach Climate Change Adaptation Project, San Francisco, California, United States
Starts 12/31/2029DELAYED6 years late66% CONFIDENCEin 3.3 yearsMoved, per The Frisc^[1]: "the SFPUC^[2] has pushed back the start date another five-plus years to the end of 2029"; the SFPUC's project page: "the start date for major construction on the Ocean Beach Climate Change Adaptation Project is now anticipated for late 2029".
The SFPUC's project will bury a 3,200-foot seawall to protect the Lake Merced wastewater tunnel, remove the eroding Great Highway Extension between Sloat and Skyline and build a mile of seaside trail; its start has slipped from 2023-24 to late 2029.
$175M
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Semiconductors09/23/2026@TechDesk
US and Taiwan Sign a $250 Billion Chip Investment Deal
TSMCU.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20230, United States
Starts 01/15/2026CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE252 days agoCNBC^[1], published 15 January 2026: 'The U.S. and Taiwan have reached a trade agreement ... the Department of Commerce announced Thursday'; USTR's^[2] February fact sheet dates the 'Memorandum of Understanding signed by AIT and TECRO on January 15, 2026'. No signing time is given, so it is an all-day date.
A memorandum signed in Washington commits Taiwanese chipmakers such as TSMC to at least $250 billion of new US investment plus $250 billion in Taiwan credit guarantees, in return for a 15% tariff cap and Section 232 chip-tariff exemptions for companies building US fabs.
0.58
Disaster09/24/2026@BuildDesk
LA Fire Debris Removal Declared Substantially Complete
United States Army Corps of EngineersPacific Palisades, Los Angeles, CA 90272
Starts 07/07/2025CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE1.2 years agoThe governor's release of 7 July 2025 says 'On the six month anniversary of the Eaton and Palisades fires, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the substantial completion of the public debris removal program'.^[1]
Six months after the fires, Governor Newsom declared the public cleanup of more than 10,000 burned parcels in the Palisades and Eaton zones substantially complete, the fastest major disaster cleanup in US history.
0.58
Infrastructure09/24/2026@BuildDesk
South Bay Sewage Plant Expansion to 50 Million Gallons a Day Completes
International Boundary and Water CommissionSouth Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant, Tijuana River Valley, San Diego, California, 92173, United States
Starts 12/31/2030DELAYED3 years late69% CONFIDENCEin 4.3 yearsThe Coronado News^[1][3] (21 Apr 2026) quotes IBWC^[4][6] environmental management chief Gilbert Anaya to the San Diego Water Board on 8 April: "Fifty million gallons of secondary treatment right now is targeted for what’s in our contract, which is 2030"; a year-only target is taken as its last day.
The $600 million rehabilitation doubles the border plant’s original 25 million gallons a day to 50, with a 75 million gallon peak, but IBWC now targets 2030 rather than the end of 2027.
$600M
0.58

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