The Municipality of Geroskipou on Sunday, December 29, announced the initiation of legal proceedings against officials of the Paphos District and the consortium that operates the Paphos water treatment plant, located near the village of Achelea, in connection with malfunctions at the pumping station, which led to the discharge of “a large volume of wastewater” into the sea.

“Despite repeated measures taken over the past five months, the sewage system of the Paphos district continues to be flooded, and the manholes located on Germanias Street near Geroskipou municipal beach are overflowing,” officials said.

As it turned out, this problem has existed for more than a decade, and since the situation has reached an impasse, the municipality declares that it will do everything necessary to bring the perpetrators to justice, protect both the interests of the municipality and the safety of the population.

Officials added that due to the current situation, Germanias Street will remain closed to public transport and urged people to avoid swimming in the area.

“We call on all interested parties, as well as the competent state authorities, to take the necessary measures to resolve this problem,” they said.

On Sunday, December 29, speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, Paphos District Governor Charalambos Pittokoptis said that measures were being taken by both the district government and the operational consortium.

He said that the municipality was “absolutely right” to believe that the situation was a serious problem, and that the consortium had “recognized that there are problems at the pumping station they operate.”

In addition, according to him, the owners of the station “are taking measures to immediately restore uninterrupted operation of the pumping station.”

“I expect that the existing problems will be resolved by tomorrow,” he added.

Sunday’s statement is not the first time that the plant has caused negative headlines in the media. Previously, there were complaints about an unpleasant smell.

The Mayor of Paphos, Fedonas Fedonos, explained at the time that the waste was usually transported to a private company and then to Vasiliko, where it was incinerated, and that the smell was caused by the fact that for some reason the facility manager had been storing it for several days because he had problems with the transportation contractor.

According to him, as a result, “a strong stench appeared, which even reached the airports of Paphos, Achaeleia and Geroskipou.”

Source: cyprus-mail.com

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