SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — Some people living in communities near the Tijuana River Valley received a knock at their door to take part in a survey called ’Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response.’ It's an effort in collaboration with San Diego County and the CDC to learn about the impacts the sewage crisis is having on the community.
CBS 8 spoke to Jacob Soto, he didn't get surveyed but said he’s happy something is getting done.
“We haven't really you know seen anything any progress or anything until recent…until it's really started becoming an issue to a lot of the residents around this area.”
More than 200 households were selected to take part of this assessment from a larger 30 block section of homes. Their responses will be analyzed and used to determine necessary actions.
“We keep all the windows closed at night, that’s when usually it starts to smell and then we also invested in air purifiers for each of our rooms,” Nestor Resident Leonard Hoar said.
The county said in a newsletter this is the first time this assessment is done but it has seen valuable insights in other communities where its been conducted.
“People still live here, I know that we’re not the most wealthy community, we're not anything like North County San Diego but we’re still people and we still have you know our basic values… I mean our basic like needs to be met and that's our health,” Hoar said.
CBS 8 has reached out to the county to learn more details on what the next steps will be and are waiting to hear back. We will provide more information as it becomes available.