The Water Services Corporation is insisting no slurry is being discharged into the open sea from its wastewater plant in Gozo but is nonetheless investigating whether there could have been a “one-off”.
This statement was made by a corporation spokesman when asked by the Times of Malta for an explanation about footage posted a few days ago on Facebook.
Shot by divers, the short video clip showed thick murky discharge flowing freely from an underwater pipe. The footage was reportedly taken at Ras il-Ħobż dive spot in Gozo, which is also the site of the island’s only wastewater treatment plant.
In recent years, there have been various instances where the popular rocky beach had been contaminated with sewage when the illegal dumping of animal waste in sewers damaged the plant.
New equipment installed last January was meant to address the problem permanently. According to the WSC, the equipment is capable of converting a bowser-full of slurry to a skipload of solid waste in just 15 minutes, with the liquid by-product being treated separately at the plant along with domestic sewage.
Asked about the footage, a WSC spokesman insisted no slurry was being discharged into the open sea…
