No swimming in The Hague: Sewage in sea water due to power outage

No swimming is allowed at the Noorder- and Zuiderstrand in The Hague on Tuesday. Due to an hours long power outage on Monday, untreated sewage was discharged into the sea on Monday evening. Making swimming in the area unsafe, AD reports. The power outage affected 37 thousand households, and the Houtrust wastewater treatment plant in The Hague. The outage meant that the sewage pumping stations came to a standstill. As a result, the wastewater could not be purified. Submitted by Janene Pieters on Tuesday, 18 August 2020 - 14:50 https://nltimes.nl/2020/08/18/swimming-hague-sewage-sea-water-due-power-outage