Environmental science project

Location: W River Rd, Brawley, CA 92227, USA

Category: Water

Description:

The new river is a highly polluted river that flows from near Cerro Prieto, through the city of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, into the United States through the city of Calexico, California, towards the Salton Sea.Today, the river flow is not natural, mostly consisting of agricultural runoff, municipal discharge and industrial dumping. The river has been referred to as the most severely polluted river of its size within the United States. The New River’s flow is composed of waste from agricultural and chemical runoff from the farm industry irrigation in the U.S. (18.4%) and Mexico (51.2%), sewage from Mexicali (29%), and manufacturing plants operating in Mexico (1.4%). However there is no gate stopping people from jumping into the new river, nowhere in the imperial valley is there a sign that warns citizens from staying out of the river. This image shown was taken just off the side a park here in the Imperial Valley. The park where this picture was taken is called Pat Williams.