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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Rachel Salvidge

Gibraltar dumping all of its raw sewage into Mediterranean

Looking towards the Rock of Gibraltar from Europa Point
Looking towards the Rock of Gibraltar from Europa Point, from where untreated sewage is poured into the Mediterranean. Photograph: Chris Howes/Wild Places Photography/Alamy

Raw sewage from nearly 40,000 people and businesses is being pumped straight into the sea because the British overseas territory of Gibraltar does not have, and has never had, a wastewater treatment plant.

For decades, untreated sewage has poured into the Mediterranean from the southern tip of the peninsula at Europa Point, where the government of Gibraltar says there are “high levels of natural dispersion”.

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