Prohibition of bathing, the values ​​of the waters in Romagna return to standard

The bathing bans on the Romagna Riviera have been lifted, the values ​​of water bacteria have returned to normal

The water values ​​return to normal in the more than 20 seaside resorts in Emilia-Romagna where high levels of Escherichia coli, a water bacterium, had emerged. This was announced by the regional body. “Already in the afternoon – let the councilors know Priolo And Corsini – the ordinances of the statutory auditors of withdrawal of bathing bans.

The Municipality of Rimini yesterday disclosed the results of other analyzes carried out in autonomy who contested the data Arpae, indicating values ​​in the norm. The agency Arpae today it communicated the outcome of further checks, the result of which is below the threshold “.

According to the technicians, the hypotheses to explain the anomalous results of the sampling carried out on Tuesday 26 July are currently attributable to a set of weather conditions, hydrological And marine totally exceptional for the Romagna: the very high water temperature for several weeks, with values ​​oscillating around 30 °, the prolonged absence of ventilation, the scarce exchange of water, the lack of dilution of the inputs into the water courses that reach the sea, due to the severe drought of this period. All these elements added together could have had a particularly impacting effect on the composition of the sea waters.

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