Arizona DEQ developing ‘nature-based’ solution for flooding near Nogales

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Nogales, Ariz. (KGUN) — As the International Boundary and Water Commission continues to handle flooding and sanitation considerations on the border, a residents group is inviting public participation.

Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) officers say they’re working collaboratively with events on either side of the border to “determine a nature-based mitigation different for the Arizona facet of the Oso Wash.”

The ADEQ is at present developing a plan to implement inexperienced infrastructure within the watershed, utilizing methods which contain bioswales and rain gardens to seize stormwater and handle flooding.

According to research carried out within the spring, the Oso Wash is reported to have contained sewage.

The Southeast Arizona Citizen Forum will get an replace at its subsequent assembly from the ADEQ over the worldwide effort to seek out options on the wash, which runs east of Nogales.

Members of the general public are invited to attend the subsequent Citizen Forum on Thursday, Feb. 9, which is held as a web-based webinar. Speakers will embrace Binational Program Manager Joaquin Marruffo and Environmental Science Specialist Claudia Gil.

To be part of the assembly by way of Microsoft Teams:

• Online, go to bit.ly/SAZCF and click on ‘be part of’
• By cellphone, dial 872-240-1286 and use convention ID: 634 404 766#

For extra data on the way to take part, please go to the International Boundary and Water Commission web site.

A separate plan is at present underway to full repairs to the sewer pipeline which carries wastewater over the worldwide boundary. The pipeline ceaselessly experiences failure throughout heavy rains, leading to flooding on either side of the border, and outflows of wastewater into the streets and pure waterways.