Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has made a decision to build an alternative pipeline that would direct the sewage from the left-bank Warsaw to the right-bank and from there to the "Czajka" waste treatment plant - the chief of the PM's office Michał dworczyk informed on Thursday.
"In the wake of a ecological disaster, which may be caused by a long-term waste release, let's remember that 260.000 cubic metres of waste is being released into the Vistula, because after 48 hours after the accident, despite concrete help offers, Warsaw city authorities didn't make any clear-cut decisions regarding further action, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has decided to build an alternative pipeline that would transfer the sewage from the left-bank Warsaw to the right-bank and from there to the "Czajka" waste treatment plant," Dworczyk said after the crisis group meeting in the Prime Minister's Chancellery.
He added that "it looks that we will be able to complete this undertaking in the coming days". "State services will play a huge part in this," he stressed.
The Warsaw city authorities informed the residents about the malfunction at the wastewater treatment plant on Wednesday. The accident, however, took place on Tuesday morning, when one of the tanks collecting sewage from the left-bank Warsaw. The waste was directed into the second tank which broke down on Wednesday.
The National Water Management informed on Wednesday that after the malfunction at the Czajka sewage treatment plant, 3.000 litres of waste are being released into the Vistula every second.
Autor: gf / Źródło: TVN24 News in English