The City Council of Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife) has proceeded this Thursday, August 12, to prohibit bathing temporarily in the El Médano beach when detecting a contamination index higher than the allowed one, which is 200ufc / 100ufc ml of E.coli.
Specifically, the area in which bathing is prohibited is the central beach of El Médano, as reported by the City Council of Granadilla de Abona it’s a statement.
The contamination has been detected after the submission of the results of the routine analyzes carried out by the Canary Islands Sanitary Inspection Service. In any case, they indicate that the company awarded the water analysis service in the bathing areas of the municipality has also taken samples first thing in the morning of this Thursday.
In any case, the City Council has decided to close this bathing area as a precaution and in order to guarantee adequate safety levels for the population, pending the results of the relevant analyzes that are being carried out by the Public Health Inspection Services .
