Plans by a youth hostel to wash treated sewage into a cave on a Cornish beach are being opposed by local residents.

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YHA, which has been in the area for 60 years, said the current system was defective and the proposed system would carry treated sewage from the hostel down to the cave on the beach.

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Currently, only 50 percent of urban sewage is treated.

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Most of the discarded sewage, once treated, is carried 5km out to sea.

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If all goes according to plan, by the year 2001, the city's sewage water will be treated and recycled right into the drinking tap.

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