- Region
- Águilas
- Alhama de Murcia
- Jumilla
- Lorca
- Los Alcázares
- Mazarrón
- San Javier
-
ALL AREAS & TOWNS
- AREAS
- SOUTH WEST
- MAR MENOR
- MURCIA CITY & CENTRAL
- NORTH & NORTH WEST
- TOWNS
- Abanilla
- Abarán
- Aguilas
- Alamillo
- Alcantarilla
- Aledo
- Alhama de Murcia
- Archena
- Balsicas
- Blanca
- Bolnuevo
- Bullas
- Cañadas del Romero
- Cabo de Palos
- Calasparra
- Camping Bolnuevo
- Campo De Ricote
- Camposol
- Canada De La Lena
- Caravaca de la Cruz
- Cartagena
- Cehegin
- Ceuti
- Cieza
- Condado de Alhama
- Corvera
- Costa Cálida
- Cuevas De Almanzora
- Cuevas de Reyllo
- El Carmoli
- El Mojon
- El Molino (Puerto Lumbreras)
- El Pareton / Cantareros
- El Raso
- El Valle Golf Resort
- Fortuna
- Fuente Alamo
- Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort
- Hacienda Riquelme Golf Resort
- Isla Plana
- Islas Menores & Mar de Cristal
- Jumilla
- La Azohia
- La Charca
- La Manga Club
- La Manga del Mar Menor
- La Pinilla
- La Puebla
- La Torre
- La Torre Golf Resort
- La Unión
- Las Palas
- Las Ramblas
- Las Ramblas Golf
- Las Torres de Cotillas
- Leiva
- Librilla
- Lo Pagan
- Lo Santiago
- Lorca
- Lorquí
- Los Alcázares
- Los Balcones
- Los Belones
- Los Canovas
- Los Nietos
- Los Perez (Tallante)
- Los Urrutias
- Los Ventorrillos
- Mar De Cristal
- Mar Menor
- Mar Menor Golf Resort
- Mazarrón
- Mazarrón Country Club
- Molina de Segura
- Moratalla
- Mula
- Murcia City
- Murcia Property
- Pareton
- Peraleja Golf Resort
- Perin
- Pilar de la Horadada
- Pinar de Campoverde
- Pinoso
- Playa Honda
- Playa Honda / Playa Paraíso
- Pliego
- Portmán
- Pozo Estrecho
- Puerto de Mazarrón
- Puerto Lumbreras
- Puntas De Calnegre
- Region of Murcia
- Ricote
- Roda Golf Resort
- Roldan
- Roldan and Lo Ferro
- San Javier
- San Pedro del Pinatar
- Santiago de la Ribera
- Sierra Espuña
- Sucina
- Tallante
- Terrazas de la Torre Golf Resort
- Torre Pacheco
- Totana
- What's On Weekly Bulletin
- Yecla
- EDITIONS: Spanish News Today Alicante Today Andalucia Today
article_detail
Date Published: 28/07/2021
ARCHIVED - Red flag on Mazarron Playa Puerto beach following waste water overflow
Mazarrón was hit by a heavy hailstorm on Monday overwhelming the waste water system
Mazarrón has suffered from waste water problems for years due to poor town planning by a former council which failed to take into account the peculiar nature of the location in which the Puerto de Mazarrón is built, with a large area of the PdM constructed over the old flat salinas salt pans.
The Construction growth of the town has simply outgrown the original waste water system constructed, the result being that every time there is heavy rain the Bahía area floods, in spite of numerous attempts over the years to upgrade the system and resolve the historic problems.
This was the case on Monday and for the umpteenth time Policia Local were obliged to block off roads in the Bahia area of the port due to localised flooding and there was also a problem with residual waters from the waste disposal pipework servicing the plaza de las Comunidades Autónomas which overflowed, discharging directly into the sea via the principal beach of the urban town, the Playa del Puerto.
For this reason the beach near to the point of the “vertido” was closed off by Policia Local and Protección Civíl to prevent bathers entering the water and this precaution continued on Tuesday, the hope being that the natural action of the tides would remove the offending contamination and the beach be deemed fit for use.
Raquel Raja, concejal for Servicios del Litoral explained that “everything depends on the water analytics which are carried out to determine the water quality.”
The red no bathing flag can only be removed by the Ministry of Health once the water quality has been retested and on Wednesday the decision was taken to maintain the red flag in situ pending positive results.
Contact Murcia Today: Editorial 966 260 896 /
Office 968 018 268