Porto Pim Beach on Faial Island, Azores, is off-limits to swimming due to water pollution of unknown origin, Harbor Master Horta said this Wednesday.
“The Marine Police picket was contacted by a lifeguard due to possible contamination of unknown origin found there near Fábrica da Baleia,” Amilcar Gomes Bras, captain of the Port of Horta, said in Lusa statements. . . .
As he explained, NCIS agents arrived at the scene, confirmed the presence of water pollution and took photographs, and contacted the municipality of Horta, the Regional Directorate of the Environment and the health delegate.
“It was recommended to close the area until a water analysis is done, but there are still no results,” Gomes Bras said.
Although the origin of the water pollution is still unknown, rescuers raised a red flag on Praia de Porto Pim and partially blocked the beach.
A source from the Regional Secretariat for the Environment, which oversees the beach of Porto Pim (located next to the protected landscape of Monte da Guia), said that water pollution could be due to faecal bacteria, from septic tanks, or due to “protein deposition by accumulation of phytoplankton”. “.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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