Raw sewage going out into Malmö canal.

Lyssna: Flush less in Malmö: City diverts wastewater to canal during sewer fix

One of Malmö's major sewer pipes has burst and now many households in Sweden's third largest city are being told to avoid using the washing machine and not to flush their toilets too many times.

According to newspaper Sydsvenskan, 300 litres per second of raw sewage per second is being diverted into one of the city's canals while the pipe is fixed.

"You have to let the water out somewhere," says Thomas Hulgaard Persson, head of environment at the water utility company...