Locals at Mývatn lake want the state to step in and build a sewage treatment plant for the community to save the unique ecology of the lake. The government has refused to take any action, ensuring the eventual collapse of the lake environment, locals and scientists fear.
Read more: Fishermen and landowners worried pollution is killing Mývatn lake and Laxá river
The mayor of Skútustaðahreppur tells The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service RÚV that the municipal authority cannot afford a sewage treatment plant. “Building a sewage treatment plant, with everything that is needed to connect the village of Reykir, costs roughly as much as the entire annual turnover of the municipality, making it clear this is a project we cannot embark upon on our own.”
Read more: Ecosystem of Lake Mývatn feared to be collapsing
The municipal authorities have talked to the budget committee of parliament and the ministry of the environment, who have shown interest and understanding, but so far refused to commit funds to the project.
Locals at Mývatn lake want the state to step in and build a sewage treatment plant for the community to save the unique ecology of the lake. The government has refused to take any action, ensuring the eventual collapse of the lake environment, locals and scientists fear.
Read more: Fishermen and landowners worried pollution is killing Mývatn lake and Laxá river
The mayor of Skútustaðahreppur tells The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service RÚV that the municipal authority cannot afford a sewage treatment plant. “Building a sewage treatment plant, with everything that is needed to connect the village of Reykir, costs roughly as much as the entire annual turnover of the municipality, making it clear this is a project we cannot embark upon on our own.”
Read more: Ecosystem of Lake Mývatn feared to be collapsing
The municipal authorities have talked to the budget committee of parliament and the ministry of the environment, who have shown interest and understanding, but so far refused to commit funds to the project.
