Sewage turns the Blue Danube brown

A swan makes a nest out of plastic trash near a sewage drain into the Danube close to downtown Belgrade

A swan makes a nest out of plastic trash near a sewage drain into the Danube close to downtown Belgrade Source: Getty / ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP via Getty Images

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It’s one of Europe’s greatest rivers. And it glories in the romantic nickname, the Blue Danube. But as it flows into Serbia’s capital, Belgrade, more than a hundred outlets in the city pump raw sewage directly into the river.


This story was originally produced for the BBC World Service

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