State of the water in Mar Menor . - Page 2

Hi

I understand that the mar menor lost its entire blue flag status in 2017 following pollution in 2016. Still isn’t a blue flag designation. Make of that what you will. There are plenty of blue flag to the south and north of mar menor

I agree. There are some beautiful beaches in the area with Blue Flag status to the north and south. Why not explore these and make your mind up then

While Spain has to provide fruit and vegetables to northern Europe and the agriculture in Murcia is such a good business , the Mar Menor problem will never be truly fixed . They are mending it somehow, but that's it , just mending it .

I think the point is that it can be remedied with the right approach from the authorities and a lot of muscle from the EU.  It took that muscle to get anything done but lots more to be done. 

This is fixable. They just need to control what's going on and, to be fair, they have made good progress. Still a way to go though.

 Personally, I won't be satisfied until the cause of the problem is properly addressed. 

Just do a quick google search on pollution in mar menor and you will see it’s far from the ideal. Many problems exist and I for one would not be swimming in it anytime soon or allowing my children in it. Certainly would not be investing in property either. 

I think the truth is really its not great / ideal..people who say otherwise are deluded or feel they have to ..went to vilanitos beach yesterday..grandkids and parents report lots of algae on the bottom and sinking clay texture under the feet ...its not great 

Unfortunately there is lots of people commenting on here who don’t have a clue and don’t live here. The Mar Menor is NOT polluted. Yes, there was a pollution problem after the 2019 Gota Fria, but that was a once in a 100 year storm, where the equivalent of 200 years worth of rain fell in just 12 hours, and it all had to go somewhere. However, since then many measures have been put in place , and millions of Euros spent, to minimise that level of floodiever happening again. The MM quickly recovered from this due to it being linked to the Med through two channels.

The only issue currently is the level of nitrates that flow into it from all the agriculture in the area. Again, the government have put measures in place to restrict the amounts of water extraction and nitrates used in local farming. Still not ideal, but definitely improving. The affect from this on the MM is that there is excessive weed growth, not pollution. It’s perfectly safe to swim in it, thought in certain areas can be a bit smelly. This particularly happens around the Los Urrutias area (RH side when looking out towards La Manga) as that is where the prevailing wind blows all the displaced weed into.

Go on the pier at the San Antonio restaurant and throw some bread in the water, it erupts with fish. Hardly something which happens in a polluted environment!

Please stick to the facts, not your opinions!

Agreed, well said. usual internet keyboard warriors who just love a bit of doom and gloom. Have been to the mar menor several times this summer and would say that the vast majority that use the water are well over retirement age and seem to be in great health. Speaks for its self.

So , excessive nitrates are not pollutants , right ? 

Keep dreaming .

Too right.  If am not going to eat it am definitely not swimming in it 🤢