Border 2012: Local Success Stories in the Four-State Region

The many partners involved in the Border 2012 Program believe it has helped increase the attention given to environmental challenges, and encouraged local governments and citizens to do their part in developing projects and programs that address those challenges.

In the Four-State Region, cities on both sides of the border have been active in developing innovative ways of improving their environment. In some cases these efforts have received assistance from state and federal governments, whether in direct funding or in the form of workshops that disseminate information on available technologies or best practices. In other cases the cities and residents have provided all necessary resources on their own.

TCEQ and EPA have cooperated in preparing special summaries of some of these successes:

Water Infrastructure

• Tamaulipas (2009)
• Texas (2009)

Scrap Tire Management

• Nuevo Laredo (2008)
• Reynosa (2008)
• Ciudad Acuña (2009)
• Laredo (2009)
• Nuevo Laredo (2009-a)
• Nuevo Laredo (2009-b)

Collection of Household and Small-Scale Hazardous Waste

• Nuevo Laredo (2007)
• Nuevo Laredo (2009)
• Matamoros (2009)
• TCEQ Workshop (2009)

Municipal Recycling and/or Composting

• McAllen (2009)
• Nuevo Laredo (2009)

Reduction of Illegal Dumpsites

• Reynosa (2008)
• Reynosa (2009)
• Nuevo Laredo (2009)
• Maverick County and City of Eagle Pass (2009)
• Matamoros (2009)

Emergency Preparedness for Sister Cities

• Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras (2007)
• McAllen and Reynosa (2009)

Environmental Education

• Laredo and Nuevo Laredo (Joint Program) (2008)
• Matamoros (2009-a)
• Matamoros (2009-b)
• Nuevo Laredo (2009)
• Brownsville (2009)
• Reynosa (2009)

Awareness of Toxic Risks

• Laredo (2008)
• EPA Theater (2009)
• Hidalgo and Starr Counties (2009)