On August 18, in the midst of strong waves throughout the island, which damaged piers and sea avenues, the submarine outfall located on the coast of Puerto Santiago, in Santiago del Teide, which is municipally owned, broke. When these events occurred, and while waiting for the results, the City Council decided to close the beaches to bathing, which were opened shortly after, once the analyzes yielded adequate results for public use.
The mayor himself, Emilio Navarro, for his part, announced the upcoming start of the repair works on this outfall, which have already begun, according to municipal sources confirmed yesterday. The complexity of the work lies precisely in the fact that it deals with a medium, the sea, subjected to changing tides.
Initially, and although tests have already been carried out with divers, the work will consist of completing the external access platform to the outfall area.
Likewise, works are being carried out on the breakwater to guarantee the safety of those who will dive into the sea to complete the repair.
Once both tasks are completed, those of securing the workers as well as that of guaranteeing access, the underwater repair work will begin, according to the same sources, which stressed that the duration will be subject, precisely, to the evolution of the situation at sea.
The Santiago del Teide City Council is taking samples of the bathing water every two days until the repair guarantees sanitary conditions.
The first results indicate that all the parameters are within the required levels, with optimal or excellent parameters on the beaches of Los Guíos (Los Gigantes), La Arena beach and Puerto Santiago beach.
The municipality announced on Friday the 18th the provisional closure of its beaches and accesses to the coast, due to a fissure detected in the submarine outfall.
This fissure, which is the one that concentrates the efforts of the repair tasks, “is a consequence of the recent coastal phenomena that have impacted the coast of Tenerife in recent days,” the corporation itself warned in a statement.
In recent weeks there have been various dives by divers to locate the affected area in the outfall, with the aim of proceeding with its subsequent repair, which will also be conditioned by the situation of the sea itself.
