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CC-044 · Water · Flood relief

2,400 tonnes from storm tunnels

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The claim

Parliamentary Secretariat for Public Works (4 Jul 2025): over 2,400 tonnes of waste are collected every year from 16 kilometres of stormwater tunnels.

Who
Parliamentary Secretariat for Public Works
Where
Flood relief tunnel outlet, Ta' Xbiex
When
4 July 2025
Wording
Paraphrase: locate quote

Context

What the waste is (silt, debris, litter) and where uncollected waste ends up (Ta' Xbiex outlet).

Limitations

Candidate from the 4 Oct 2026 intake: wording paraphrased from a locator source; read the primary text before any report.

What it will be tested against

Public Works maintenance logs; outlet sediment data.

Sources

  1. Over 2,400 tonnes of waste collected annually from 16 kilometres of Stormwater Tunnels, Government of Malta (DOI), 4 Jul 2025. Original · not yet archived
    Primary press release.

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Who made it

Parliamentary Secretariat for Public Works

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Timeline

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  1. 2025

    1. 4 July 2025 The statement Parliamentary Secretariat for Public Works (this claim)
    2. 4 July 2025 Statement published Over 2,400 tonnes of waste collected annually from 16 kilometres of Stormwater Tunnels, Government of Malta (DOI)

  2. 2026

    1. 4 October 2026 Added to the claims to check
    2. 7 October 2026 Check started Worker B, attempt 1: blocked on source. TVM News (4 Jul 2025) paraphrases '2,400 tonnes of waste' from 16 km of tunnels without 'every year'; the gov.mt press release PR251213 is unreachable to scripts and Wayback reset. Needed: the press release text.

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