Specialists from the National Water Directorate (OVF) are working on-site 24/7, while the camera system indicates the arrival of yet more waste.

Rainy weather has caused minor floods on the severely polluted upper Romanian section of the river, the OVF said.

On-the-spot observations, as well as photographs, showed that the flooding Szamos was carrying waste and large amounts of organic matter (such as tree branches) from the Romanian river basin.

OVF specialists have partially blocked the riverbed with boats, and the sediment is continuously removed from the water and then selected for recycling, which primarily involves trying to separate 100-120 plastic bottles per minute.

As a result of the OVF’s intervention, the Szamos has so far been cleared of about 12 cubic metres of waste.


MTI Photo: Attila Balázs