A large quantity of used oil and/or diesel has been discharged into the public sewer sytem in the vicinity of Wied il-Lunzjata, the Water Services Corporation said.

It said that during Friday's power failure, the pumping station in Wied il-Lunzjata, which eventually leads to Xlendi, stopped working and sewage with waste oil floating on top, overflowed into the valley.

Personnel from the Wastewater Section of the WSC as well as officers from the Civil Protection Department are cleaning up the area to which access is very difficult, especially for the large vehicles required to do the job.

It is estimated that at least 400 litres of this oil/diesel mixture overflowed and most of it has to be removed manually.

The corporation strongly condemned this illegal activity and said the police are investigating.

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