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Legambiente takes the pulse of the sea Italian, and the results are not reassuring. The mobile lab has analyzed 266 water samples, of which 45% were contaminated with bacterial load (main issue on which the survey focused) “exceeding the limits imposed by the regulations.” Ie, “a point every 62 km of coastline polluted.”
be more troubling are the beaches next to the mouths of rivers, canals or streams: the main cause of water pollution is In fact, the absence or poor functioning of the treatment plants, which concerns according to Istat 42% of the sewage of the entire nation. “Confirming the purification deficit are the two sentences of the Europe- reminds Legambiente – arrive respectively in 2012 and 2014, and the reasoned opinion of compliance with Directive 91/271 on sewage treatment civilians. Proceedings affecting a cluster of three, “and Legambiente underlines the negative impact on the economic level, since” the sanctions amounted to 476 million euro per year from 2016 to the completion of the works. “
That presented today at the Rome headquarters does not issue a nationally ranked, however, it showed that the coast with the most critical are located in the Marche and Abruzzo, also penalized by the high number of waterways , canals and ditches that lead to hand. Difficult situation in Sicily (where as many as 14 out of 26 monitored points were polluted or heavily polluted) while several problems were found in the regions of the high Adriatic (Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia), often during the sampling period (in early June then bathing season just begun). Confirmed the excellent performance of Sardinia.
“The major problem is the attitude of Commons hinterland – says the president Vittorio Cogliati Dezza – unlike those coastal involved with works improvement of discharges because they care of their bathing beaches. The others tend to deresponsaibilizzarsi, when they need complementary actions, “he says.
The study conducted by Green Schooner on 266 points taken into consideration, and that result in 7,355.3 km of Italian coastline, 120 They are “polluted and heavily polluted,” and “as many as 49% are not sampled by the competent authorities, that is not subjected to any kind of health inspection.” Indeed, experts warn of Legambiente, “38% of points unearthed in the portal of the waters of the Ministry of Health would be swimming, sometimes in excellent class.” This maybe due to the fact that, as explained by the association, “the criterion used in defining the sampling points from the relevant authorities is the” increased inflow “and almost never the” increased risk “(used by the technicians of Schooner green), although both are under the Directive. “
Another aspect that stands out is the lack of adequate signage: the 266 locations monitored, the” ban balnezione “lacking in 122. In addition, according to EC European access to beaches should be installed an information board explaining the water quality on the basis of the average of the opinions collected during the last four years, possible reasons of critical and useful numbers to which citizens can turn to for any kind of warning: these signs are present, “only in 3% of cases.” Legambiente therefore urges municipalities to provide, it is a fulfillment of their competence.
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