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Date Published: 17/10/2019
ARCHIVED - No evidence of sewage discharge to account for the death of thousands of fish in the Mar Menor
Water sample analyses show that the water is theoretically fit for bathing in San Pedro del Pinatar
It emerged on Wednesday, during the visit of the Minister for Ecological Transition to the Mar Menor that the death of tens of thousands of fish and crustaceans at the weekend – or millions, according to ANSE - was not due to a specific dumping or leakage of toxic substances into the water, as some had suggested. The analysis of water samples taken two days after the tragedy shows no signs of contamination by untreated sewage, while the levels of the enterococcus E. Coli bacteria fall well within the range allowing water quality to be described as “excellent” in terms of its safety for human beings.
On Monday 14th October water samples were taken at 11 beaches: those of El Vivero, Mar de Cristal, Islas Menores, Los Nietos and Los Urrutias in the municipality of Cartagena, Los Alisios and El Castillico in San Javier, Los Narejos in Los Alcázares and La Puntica, Villananitos and La Mota in San Pedro del Pinatar. The only result worthy of note, according to the official report issued by the Public Health authorities, is a slightly lower pH value than that considered normal at the beaches of Villananitos and La Mota, a phenomenon which could be the result of the organic material washed into the sea by the severe flooding in mid-September decomposing.
However, the public prosecution service has also ordered the analysis of other samples taken on 12th October, the day the dead fish and crustaceans appeared, and the results of these tests, and of autopsies carried out on some of the fish washed ashore, have not yet been made known.
Image: Eels lie dead on the beach in San Pedro del Pinatar – the eel is a protected species in the Mar Menor
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