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EPA’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."

Start: Aug 28, 202590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source

South Bay Sewage Plant Reaches 35 Million Gallons a Day in 100 Days

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.

EPA and the US Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission announced on 28 August 2025 that the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant had been expanded from 25 to 35 million gallons a day^[1]
The work was announced on 20 May 2025 and fast-tracked to 100 days; it had originally been estimated to take two years^[1]
IBWC credited contractors PCL Construction and Stantec, and said operational testing and fine-tuning were under way^[4]
The added capacity is meant to cut dry-weather Tijuana River sewage flows blamed for beach closures and odours^[4]
The expansion was one of the key US-side projects in the July 2025 memorandum of understanding with Mexico^[1]
The day before, IBWC told the San Diego Water Board it would start by adding 5 MGD of flow and expected the full 10 MGD to be tested within two to five weeks^[5]
By April 2026 the plant had not yet treated a sustained 35 million gallons a day over a month, according to the San Diego Water Board, because of work on a structure that controls raw sewage entering the plant^[2]

Notable features

Treatment capacity 25 to 35 million gallons per day, a 40% increase^[1]
Interim phase of a $600 million programme to reach 50 million gallons a day^[6]
Work packages included grit chamber upgrades, new primary treatment and solids handling equipment, a Veolia operator contract change and a City of San Diego ocean outfall agreement^[3]

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epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-and-us-ibwc-announce-major-milestone-delivering-100-solution-tijuana-river-sewage
epa.gov· Posted Sep 24, 2026· Starts Aug 28, 2025 ✓· 42% of score
EPA’s 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."
[2]85%
U.S. commission: full expansion of international treatment plant serving Tijuana is still years away
thecoronadonews.com· Published Apr 21, 2026· 23% of score
The Coronado News^[5] quotes the San Diego Water Board that IBWC^[3][4] "has not yet treated a sustained 35 MGD over the course of a month".
[3]85%
USIBWC 10 MGD Incremental Increase in 100 Days
ibwc.gov· Published Sep 30, 2025· 10% of score
USIBWC’s dashboard for the 100-day project, with the task status chart (updated 30 September 2025) and links to the MOU.^[1]
[4]95%
Trump Administration Achieves 100-Day Goal of Increasing San Diego Plant Capacity
ibwc.gov· Published Aug 28, 2025· 9% of score
USIBWC’s own release of 28 August 2025: "the plant has met the deadline and achieved the technical milestone of increasing its treatment capacity from 25 million gallons a day (MGD) to 35 MGD".^[1]
[5]80%
The South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant can now process 10 more millions of gallons of sewage
thecoronadonews.com· Published Aug 28, 2025· 9% of score
The Coronado News^[2]: the expansion "was completed on Aug. 28"; IBWC^[3][4] told the Water Board on 27 August it would ramp up by 5 mgd first and test the full 10 mgd in two to five weeks.

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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
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