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Advocates urge San Diego board to require independent testing as trustees consider IBWC cease-and-desist request

5674424 · August 20, 2025
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At the Aug. 20 meeting speakers warned the San Diego Regional Water Quality Board’s Aug. 27 agenda includes a cease-and-desist order affecting the Imperial Beach Water Company (IBWC) and urged independent, rigorous testing of the outfall if the board considers an increased discharge.

Speakers at the Aug. 20 Imperial Beach City Council meeting urged city officials and the public to weigh in on an Aug. 27 hearing before the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board that could approve a permit amendment to increase treated discharge to the Imperial Beach outfall. Leon Benham, president and executive director of Citizens for Coastal Conservancy, told the council the regional board will “consider a cease and desist order against the IBWC” and that the…

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