Joint Measures to Improve the Quality of the Waters of the Rio Grande at Laredo, Texas/Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas (Minute No. 279) Document type Bilateral Field of application Regional/restricted Date Aug 28, 1989 Source FAO, FAOLEX; IUCN (ID: TRE-152337) Place of adoption Laredo,Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas Language English Subject Water Keyword Waste disposal Sewerage Freshwater quality/freshwater pollution Surface water Effluent waste water/discharge Pollution control Geographical area Central America, North America Abstract This Minute concerns the approval of the "Joint Report of the Principal Engineers Concerning Measures the Should be Undertaken to Improve the Quality of the Waters of the Rio Grande at Laredo, Texas/Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas", signed on August 25, 1989, which proposes a sanitation project to be jointly financed by the Governments of the United States and Mexico. The works recommended by the Principal Engineers consist of six principal elements: (a) construction of a riverside collector; (b) construction of the Coyote I collector as an extension of the riverside collector; (c) expansion of the sewage collection system to collect and convey to the collectors sewage generated in areas not currently served and which are presently discharged into the Rio Grande; (d) rehabilitation of the sewage collection system at specific points to intercept and convey to the collectors those uncontrolled sewage flows that presently discharge into the Rio Grande through existing storm drains; (e) construction of a pumping plant that would convey the sewage from the riverside collector to a treatment plant; (f) construction of a secondary treatment plant. Full text Other Country/Territory/Participant See Expanded View Show Map Countries Entry into force Mexico - United States of America - reset zoom out zoom in