Authorities in Lithuania’s port city of Klaipeda have recommended people not to swim in the Baltic Sea, following a leak of sewage from a water treatment plant in Latvia’s Liepaja, LRT reports. Authorities are now analysing samples to determine the quality of the water. Latvia’s State Environmental Service (VVD) assured that the sewage leak posed…
Latvia’s Health Inspectorate has banned swimming on beaches in the port city of Liepaja, following a sewage leak from the city’s water treatment plant into the Baltic Sea, LSM reports. Also, the State Environmental Service (VVD) has recommended residents not to swim in coastal areas from Liepaja north to Saka parish. At the same time,…
Part of a wall of the wastewater treatment plant in the Latvian port city of Liepaja collapsed on 23 July 2023, Baltic News Network reports. The State Environmental Service (VVD) said that around 1,250 m3 of untreated sewage leaked into the environment as a result of the accident, LSM reported. Municipal authorities urged residents to…