Almost a third of the waters at
Italian seaside and lakeside resorts are over the legal limits
for contamination, according to the latest survey by the Goletta
Verde project.
The survey said that 32% of coastal and lake waters is over the
legal limit for pollutants.
The third of the water samples taken from 18 regional coasts and
37 Italian lakes were found to be "polluted or strongly
polluted".
Goletta Verde said 55% of critical points "are concentrated at
the mouths of rivers, canals and streams, featuring poor
purification and illegal discharges".
The report said "Italy remains a chronic invalid in terms of
water pollution".
Some 387 samples were subjected to microbiological analysis, and
124 were found to be over the legal thresholds for the
concentration of intestinal and other bugs such as intestinal
enterococchi and escherichia coli.
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