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Warsaw sewage plant failure investigated

02.09.2020 15:00
Prosecutors have opened an investigation after massive amounts of sewage began to be discharged into Poland’s largest river, the Vistula, following a malfunction at a Warsaw treatment plant.
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Warsaw Deputy Mayor Robert Soszyński (right) and Renata Tomusiak (left), CEO of the citys water and sewage company (MPWiK), brief reporters on planned steps to remedy the crisis at a news conference on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020.
Warsaw Deputy Mayor Robert Soszyński (right) and Renata Tomusiak (left), CEO of the city’s water and sewage company (MPWiK), brief reporters on planned steps to remedy the crisis at a news conference on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020.Photo: PAP/Wojciech Olkuśnik

This is the second malfunction of the plant in a year.

Raw sewage flowing into the Vistula River on Sunday. Photo: PAP/Leszek Szymański Raw sewage flowing into the Vistula River on Sunday. Photo: PAP/Leszek Szymański

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