WSC to tackle drainage overflow in Mgarr

The Water Services Corporation is taking remedial action to eliminate drainage overflow in Mgarr, Gozo, the corporation said yesterday. A blockage arose when a road-building contractor caused a manhole cover and material to collapse into the deep sewer...

The Water Services Corporation is taking remedial action to eliminate drainage overflow in Mgarr, Gozo, the corporation said yesterday.

A blockage arose when a road-building contractor caused a manhole cover and material to collapse into the deep sewer system.

The works, the WSC said, are complicated because the blockage is some 20 metres below road-level, entailing the use of special procedures, equipment and health and safety measures.

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