The United States signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday with Mexico, launching a permanent solution to end the Tijuana River sewage crisis. Upon arriving in Mexico City on Thursday morning, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin met with Mexican officials to discuss what Zeldin called a 100% solution to end the crisis.

The United States and Mexico have signed an agreement outlining specific steps, funds and a timetable to clean up the longstanding problem of the Tijuana River pouring sewage across the border and polluting California beaches.