Gibraltar dumping all of its raw sewage into Mediterranean(theguardian.com)
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Gibraltar dumping all of its raw sewage into Mediterranean
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/uk-territory-gibraltar-dumps-raw-sewage-mediterranean
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Someone might have to take up the Mr. Floatie mantle - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/mr-floatie-r...
A great British tradition:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Stink
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Stink
On a semi-related note... one of the more interesting things I've learned lately is why Venice, Italy was designed the way it is...
If only there was a way that other people could benefit from your having learned it
It's a google search away! apologies for not revealing the punchline. I thought it was interesting, since Gibraltar and Venice aren't far from each other on a worldwide scale.
....Sewage transport ironically was a large use case. Natural tides come in, fill the lagoon, flush it out.
The network of bridges and canals were also key infrastructure for transport of goods and people.
....Sewage transport ironically was a large use case. Natural tides come in, fill the lagoon, flush it out.
The network of bridges and canals were also key infrastructure for transport of goods and people.