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Gibraltar dumping all of its raw sewage into Mediterranean

The Guardian · May 6, 2026, 5:00 AM

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Wastewater from nearly 40,000 people and businesses pumped straight into sea as island still has no treatment plant 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”. Continue reading...

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