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Who is responsible for what

Responsibility here is genuinely split across two countries and a dozen agencies, which is part of why it has been so hard to fix.

Last updated Reviewed by Stacy WillisSummarized from public sources with the help of AIHow this site is made

[This page still needs writing]

The layout, navigation and links are in place. The words are not, because they have to come from the sources rather than be made up.

What it should cover:

  • What the IBWC is, what it can compel, and what it cannot.
  • What the EPA funds and what it does not, under the USMCA funding and the 2025 agreement.
  • Which Mexican agencies own which pieces, and what Mexico has committed to.
  • What San Diego County, the State Water Board and the City of Imperial Beach can each actually do.
  • Where a project on the tracker has more than one responsible party, and what that means for its timeline.

Sources to draw on: EPA USMCA watershed page, EPA and USIBWC quarterly update, San Diego Water Board status report. The tracker already records a responsible party per project.