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Yet to hear it from a veteran of San Diego’s congressional delegation, the biggest news of late is the final approval of an additional $250 million in federal funding to repair and upgrade the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant in San Ysidro, which cleans up Tijuana’s effluent.
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U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
And each time, those on the far right contributed more garbage to the information effluent.
—F.d. Flam, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
But with post-agricultural pig farm effluent and debris from New York’s train station decay being dumped into the area, the Meadowlands became a jewel in need of polishing.
—Alyssa Jaipersaud, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024
Functional or not, septic tanks pollute by releasing human-waste effluent into Florida’s sandy soils.
—Nicole Kirchhoff, Sun Sentinel, 4 July 2024
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U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
And each time, those on the far right contributed more garbage to the information effluent.
—F.d. Flam, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
But with post-agricultural pig farm effluent and debris from New York’s train station decay being dumped into the area, the Meadowlands became a jewel in need of polishing.
—Alyssa Jaipersaud, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024
Functional or not, septic tanks pollute by releasing human-waste effluent into Florida’s sandy soils.
—Nicole Kirchhoff, Sun Sentinel, 4 July 2024
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“Effluent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effluent. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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