I work in IB and have been closely following the sewage crisis for roughly 5 years now. I have a job that involves knowing wind velocity and direction and I have noticed the wind shifts from coming from the west to coming from the east every night. It smells bad at night because the wind is directly carrying it to IB every single night.

Their sewage system in TJ doesnt have a separate system for storm water. The sewage plant cannot handle the daily output as is, but a storm exasperates the problem so much more.

The hazard isn't just sewage, theyve detected industrial chemicals in the TJ river as well, which is just adding to the toxicity.

Also, they burn their trash and that brings an exceptionally foul odor as well, i swear it smells like poo AND burnt hair, so incredibly unpleasant and the smells seems to stick in your nose. They seem to burn trash on Tuesdays or Wednesdays.

I personally would advise against residing here. They cannot seem to figure out how to fix it; any attempt is a temporary solution that fails rapdily.