The coastline of famed Mexican beach resort Acapulco was sullied late last week by a large discharge of raw sewage, the ugly scene captured in a viral video, which has prompted local officials to promise an investigation and fix broken drains.

The video taken from a nearby balcony shows a high-pressure stream of raw sewage flowing into the water from just off of Acapulco's Icacos Beach, possibly from a nearby busted sewer line.
The beach, which has been especially popular with Mexican tourists, is a few meters from a local hotel.
"It was very stinky and made me nauseous," a witness who asked to remain anonymous told Reuters. The witness said the filthy discharge lasted about 25 minutes.

State environmental authorities announced Sunday that an investigation into the incident, which it said took place on June 25, has been launched and a formal complaint filed with Mexico's federal environmental prosecutor. The agency is asking that the discharge be treated as a federal crime.
State officials said initial reports show that the discharge may have been related to a broken sewer line, potentially overflowing due to heavy rainfall in recent days which has caused flooding in several Acapulco neighborhoods.
Authorities said state officials have been dispatched to the area to clean nearby drainage channels.

Locals have complained for years of leaky sewage pipes regularly sending untreated waste into Acapulco Bay.

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Na WA o
Imagine the smell

It was very stinky and made me nauseous," a witness who asked to remain anonymous told Reuters. The witness said the filthy discharge lasted about 25 minutes.
Air pollution.

See as the thing smell reach Nairaland
Naijadrivacars sef.

Outrage your say come lagos when rain fall

Ekez:
Outrage your say come lagos when rain fall

LMAO

Lagos no de smell nah

Shellsploit:
See as the thing smell reach Nairaland
Naijadrivacars sef.

E just de flow like watery shiit

I won't say a word

rasheedatt:
Na WA o
Imagine the smell

It was very stinky and made me nauseous," a witness who asked to remain anonymous told Reuters. The witness said the filthy discharge lasted about 25 minutes.
Air pollution.

Not even the smell sef. Imagine the danger to marine life...

DMPaulSr:
LMAO
Lagos no de smell nah

na wetin dem tell you/?

DMPaulSr:

Not even the smell sef. Imagine the danger to marine life...

You're right. Fishes don suffer today o.

rasheedatt:
You're right.
Fishes don suffer today o.

No be small suffer.

Ekez:
na wetin dem tell you/?

No..

DMPaulSr:

No be small suffer.

Lol I weep for them

Those ones shouting nauseous should come Obalende or mushin and shout lemme hear

Hmm.
It stank for 25 mins, and they're complaining.
What should we now say about Nigeria?

Come to Lagos, where a fish pond owner will flood the street with used, smelly water that will disturb residents for hours.. How did this even make fp. Mtcheew.

Damnnnnn niggarrr
Isoright

Kai. No regard to aquatic / marine life

Ewwww!

Someone said "whose toilet is that?"

This kind thing dey very normal in some parts of Nigeria.
Dem don too normalize rubbish for this country.

Come naija then you will know this Na small thing

Hmmmm

Pollution