If the stench hits — report it. Every report fires automated alerts to elected officials on both sides of the border. File one each time it happens.
Active Environmental Crisis — South San Diego County

Enough. Make the Stench
Their Problem Too.

Residents of Imperial Beach, San Ysidro, San Diego, and Chula Vista are forced to breathe toxic sewer gas while officials make promises. Every time you smell it — report it. Each complaint triggers real notifications to the people responsible for fixing this.

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Total Reports Filed
Reports This Week
23
Officials on Notice
Reports Last 12 Hours

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Takes under 2 minutes. Anonymous submissions accepted. File a report each time the stench hits — every individual complaint builds the record and the pressure.

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3 required fields  ·  under 60 seconds  ·  anonymous OK

Reports
last 12 hrs

* required  —  these 3 fields are all you need

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1 — Faint 2 — Noticeable 3 — Strong 4 — Severe 5 — Unbearable

Optional contact info — helps track patterns and lets us notify you when officials respond.

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Your complaint is on the record. Now take one more step — it takes 10 seconds and makes a real difference.

🔁 Smell it again tomorrow? File another report. Every separate event is another complaint on record.

How It Works

Every report feeds a real-time database. Complaint volume triggers escalating notifications — the worse the event, the more officials hear about it, with your data.

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You File a Report

Takes under 2 minutes. Date, time, location, severity, and symptoms are all captured. Anonymous is fine.

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Reports Aggregate in Real Time

Every submission is logged with timestamp, severity, location, and health symptoms into a live database.

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Thresholds Trigger Alerts

Complaint volume determines who gets notified and how widely. More reports means a broader blast.

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Data-Backed Emails Hit Inboxes

"47 residents reported sewage odors tonight. 22 reported health symptoms. Average severity: 4.2/5." That's not easy to dismiss.

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Weekly Reports — Every Monday

All officials receive a cumulative weekly summary. The data builds a permanent, undeniable record over time.

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5+ reports in 1 hour

City and county officials notified — Imperial Beach, San Diego, County Supervisors, Environmental Health.

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10+ reports in 2 hours

All US officials notified — both Congressmen, both Senators, EPA Region 9, IBWC, State Water Board.

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25+ reports in 12 hours

Full blast — all officials including EPA Administrator, Mexico officials (Tijuana Mayor, Baja Governor, CESPT, CONAGUA), and media watchdogs.

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Daily 8 AM + Weekly Monday

Regardless of thresholds, all officials receive overnight summaries and weekly trend data.

H2S Air Quality Readings

Real-time hydrogen sulfide monitoring from three SDAPCD stations in the affected area — San Ysidro, Nestor, and Imperial Beach. Data updates hourly.

0–4.9 ppb No health effects expected
5–29.9 ppb Odor noticeable — sensitive groups may be affected
30+ ppb Health advisory — all residents affected

Source: San Diego Air Pollution Control District — TJ River Valley Monitoring

Officials Being Notified

Every report you file reaches the officials below — automatically, with your data, delivered to their inboxes.

23
Officials
on Notice
🇺🇸 US Federal 7 officials
Lee Zeldin
EPA Administrator
EPA Region 9
Pacific Southwest Regional Office
W.C. Chad McIntosh
IBWC US Commissioner
Rep. Juan Vargas
US Congress, CA-52 — San Ysidro
Rep. Scott Peters
US Congress, CA-50 — Imperial Beach
Sen. Alex Padilla
US Senate, California
Sen. Adam Schiff
US Senate, California
🏛 California State 4 officials / agencies
Gavin Newsom
Governor of California
CA Coastal Commission
Coastal enforcement authority
CA State Water Resources Board
State water regulator
SD Regional Water Quality Board
Direct regional enforcer
🏙 County & Local 6 officials / agencies
SD County Supervisor — District 1
South County — Imperial Beach, South Bay
Terra Lawson-Remer
SD County Supervisor — District 3
Mitch McKay
Mayor, Imperial Beach
Todd Gloria
Mayor, City of San Diego
SD County Dept of Environmental Health
Local pollution enforcement
SD County HHSA
Public health authority
🇲🇽 Mexico — Federal, State & Local 6 officials / agencies
Ismael Burgueño Ruiz
Mayor of Tijuana
Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda
Governor of Baja California
CESPT
Tijuana sewage utility — most directly responsible
CONAGUA
Mexico's National Water Commission
SEMARNAT
Mexico's Environment Ministry
SRE — Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Treaty compliance, bilateral obligations

By the Numbers

This is not a new problem. It is a decades-long failure of infrastructure, political will, and bilateral accountability — playing out in South San Diego neighborhoods right now.

94%

Residents Smell It at Home

94% of surveyed residents near the Tijuana River report sewage smells inside their homes. 63% say it has disrupted their work or school attendance.

1,100+

Military Personnel Sickened

Over 1,100 documented illness cases among Navy SEALs and other military personnel linked to exposure to sewage-contaminated water and air in the South Bay region.

30+

Years of Broken Promises

The South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant was built in the 1990s. Deferred maintenance and chronic underfunding have worsened conditions each year.

What's Causing It

  • Tijuana's CESPT pump stations and conveyance lines chronically failing
  • The US South Bay treatment plant in San Ysidro perpetually underfunded
  • Heavy rain events overwhelm the entire cross-border system
  • Hydrogen sulfide gas from raw sewage — worst at night when air is still

What's Supposed to Happen

  • US-Mexico "Minute 333" agreement signed Dec 2025 commits to new infrastructure
  • South Bay plant expanded to 35 MGD in Aug 2025 (up from 25 MGD)
  • New Tecolote-La Gloria treatment plant in Tijuana due Dec 2028
  • All fixes remain 2–3+ years from completion

Why This Tool Exists

Agreements don't fix the problem tonight. Politicians respond to sustained, documented, impossible-to-ignore pressure from the people they represent. Every report you file is part of a permanent record. Every notification is a reminder that the stench is still there — and so are the people living in it.