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Speaking to Lusa, Eduardo Godinho said that the analyzes of the quality of the seawater carried out by the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA) indicate "microbiological contamination" in the water of that beach, with the regional health delegate ordering the beach to be banned from bathing.
The same source said that, after receiving the information from the health delegate, the maritime authorities raised the red flag on that beach, which will remain until new analyzes confirm that the water quality is restored and does not present risks to the health of holidaymakers.
"The red flag was raised mid-morning," said the captain of the port of Faro, stressing that the APA will continue to test the seawater on the beach, as part of the regular testing of the quality of seawater that it does on Portuguese beaches.
This is the second case of beaches banned from bathing in the Algarve, after the beaches of Vale do Lobo and Quarteira, in the neighboring municipality of Loulé (Faro district), were subject to the same measure on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, the ban was lifted on those beaches.
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All good and well, and positive that authorities are diligent andon top of the situation.
However, what is the cause of this “microbial infestation”, as this leads to preventive measures which may avoid this in future.
The usual causes, just to note are: industrial and agricultural pollution, largely sewage and nitrogen fertilizers, which runs off into the ocean, where algae and bacteria populations explode due to these food sources!
Warmer than normal water temperatures only make this worse.
It’s good that you report these things, but better journalism would be to dig out the reasons, and where possible, the culprits.
By Tony Williams from Other on 28 Jul 2023, 10:04
Sewage
By Martyn Williams from Beiras on 28 Jul 2023, 11:43
Well indeed very glad the authorities are in top of this matter and many of the Portuguese beaches are very clean and without any sewage problems . And something that despite being controlled and should be banned is dogs in the beach when is summer time not very nice go to the beach a see dogs in the water and people swimming also .
By Isabel Oliveira from Lisbon on 29 Jul 2023, 08:24