Vandals 'risk death' at wastewater site

TRESPASSING YOUTHS HAVE DONE £250K OF DAMAGE

- Owen Hughes

TRESPASSING vandals are being warned they are at risk of a grim death at a wastewater site.

Police are investigating incidents of vandalism by a group of youths at Caernarfon wastewater treatment site.

The youths have caused £250,000 worth of damage and have been seen at the site by security guards, and CCTV footage gathered of them breaking in.

The site provides essential services for Welsh Water customers in the Caernarfon area, cleaning and treating sewage wastewater for over 12,000 homes and businesses.

Police have been called to the site over recent months following break-ins and damage to water treatment equipment by the youths. Windows and doors have been shattered, and specialist machinery has been tampered with and thrown into water tanks. Damage has also been done to perimeter fencing.

They are also putting themselves at massive risk, with a warning that falling into the site’s aerated tanks would see them dragged to the bottom and drowned.