PORTUGAL FACES ECJ ACTION OVER WASTEWATER
July 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
PORTUGAL is facing possible European Court of Justice (ECJ) action after it exploited a concession over wastewater treatment to conduct blatant pollution of the Atlantic Ocean, alleges the European Commission. Lisbon was given permission in 2001 to follow lower standards in pumping wastewater from the 720,000-people Estoril region than are usually required under the European Union (EU) urban wastewater treatment directive. In particular it was allowed to release sewage without the full secondary (biological) treatment mandated by the law. ...
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