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MEXICO CITY (AP) - A waste water treatment plant that Mexican officials say will help prevent pollution of U.S. waterways was inaugurated Saturday in the city of Mexicali, across the border from Calexico, Calif.
The Arenitas plant will treat waste water and discharge it into the Hardy River, a tributary of the Colorado River in Mexico, rather than dumping it untreated into waterways that run into California's Salton Sea, Mexico's National Water Commission said in a press statement.
"This will stem negative impacts on the environment and the health of residents in the eastern sector of Mexicali, and ensure compliance with bilateral environmental agreements with the United States," the statement said.
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