VILNIUS, Jan 8 (LETA--BNS) - Most of untreated wastewater allegedly released by Grigeo's cardboard plant into the Curonian Lagoon must have been carried by prevailing currents into the Baltic Sea, the mayor of theCuronian Spit municipality of Neringa said on Wednesday.

According to Darius Jasaitis,no more than one fifth of the pollutants could have remained in the lagoon.

"Eightypercent or more of the currents in the Curonian Lagoon go to the Baltic Sea, a larger body of water, so the pollution will be spreading further. Eventually, it will end up in Latvia,"the mayor said.

"I could be glad about itlocally as the mayor of Neringa, but I can't be glad as aLithuanian citizen," he added

The probability of the pollutants reaching the Curonian Spit settlements of Nida or Preila is close to zero, butthis could be relevant topeople using water from local wells in Smiltyne, Juodkrante and, possibly, Pervelka,the mayor said.

Prosecutors in the port city said on Tuesday they had launched an investigation on suspicions that Grigeo Klaipeda could have been releasing untreated wastewater into the lagoon through a special pipe.

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