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Almería villages told not to drink radioactive water

 

Albox


The Junta de Andalucía says the water is outside the limits as being acceptable for drinking

Nineteen municipalities in Almería province are currently without drinking water, even though some of them are full of tourists.
In some cases the local Town Halls have been forced to use water tankers to take water to villages such as Tahal where the tanker will only arrive twice a week.

In Albox the Mayor issued a statement earlier in the month warning that the tap water should not be used for drinking or cooking, as the Pozo Zorreras which supplies the town appeared to be contaminated and radioactive.

A total of 19 villages in the province have seen their tap water declared as being ‘not apt’ for drinking by the Health Department of the Junta de Andalucía, following routine analysis. Health delegate, Manuel Lucas, called for calm following the reports that the water was radioactive, and also had a high sulphates and sodium content, explaining that the margins used by the Junta’s testing are very wide. He said the situation was not new in Albox or other municipalities in the Almanzora district.

A spokesman for the GALASA water company said that they would attend to the situation, as they had in the past.



 

 

 



 

164 fighting cocks rescued from a Málaga roof top.

Some of the rescued birds had been injured in previous fights

One hundred and sixty four fighting cocks, some of them with injuries from previous combats, which were being housed on the roofs of blocks of flats in Málaga, have been recovered by SEPRONA, the environmental wing of the Guardia Civil.

The birds were being kept on the roof of a block in Calle Cigüela in the Palma-Palmilla area of the city where seven doves were also recovered along with six hens and a rabbit.

The animals were left in the full heat of the sun while on the roof, and are now being cared for in animal refuges. The section 11/2003 of the Animal Protection legislation in Andalucía considers such behaviour as a ‘serious fault’ because of the lack of hygiene, the inadequate accommodation and the fact that under law the animals should be controlled and watched.



 

   


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