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The Water Services Corporation denies that slurry is being disposed in the open sea from Gozo’s only wastewater plant, insisting the material was being treated using recently-installed equipment. The Times of Malta was alerted a few weeks ago that bowsers lSlurry being treated at Gozo plant, WSC says
The Water Services Corporation denies that slurry is being disposed in the open sea from Gozo’s only wastewater plant, insisting the material was being treated using recently-installed equipment. The Times of Malta was alerted a few weeks ago that bowsers laden with slurry were pumping out the waste in a manhole outside the Ras il-Ħobż plant, in the limits of Għajnsielem. The ‘practice’, which started towards the turn of the year, had raised questions as the plant was not designed to treat farm waste but domestic sewage. In fact, whenever slurry is illegally dumped into the sewers it clogs the plant, with the result that raw sewage is pumped into the sea. In recent years, there have been various incidents whereby Ras il-Ħobż, a popular diving spot close to the iconic Mġarr ix-Xini Bay, was contaminated with sewage. Watch: Pollution havoc at Gozo diving spot, but WSC says its network is working perfectly During a recent onsite visit, the Times observed four bowsers discharging farm waste in a manhole outside the plant in the space of about an hour. There was little if any supervision by WSC staff during the operation. However, the sea below, where the plant discharges its... Read more