Nightmare in paradise: Canary Islands face wastewater disaster | EUROtoday

Nightmare in paradise: Canary Islands face wastewater disaster
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40 Olympic-sized swimming swimming pools. That’s the quantity of wastewater that’s being discharged day-after-day into the ocean across the Canary Islands. There are 400 waste discharge factors on the islands and solely 1 / 4 of them are authorized. There has been no correct planning for wastewater therapy regardless of the vacationer growth and an elevated inhabitants on the islands over the previous few many years. Most of the islands’ wastewater is untreated or barely handled earlier than being ejected into the ocean by way of typically unlawful channels. The authorities try to speed up the rollout of state-of-the-art purification vegetation, however the scenario stays very worrying. Our group went to the favored vacationer island of Tenerife to seek out out extra. Report by Armelle Exposito, Victoria David and Sarah Morris 
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/focus/20250314-nightmare-in-paradise-canary-islands-face-wastewater-crisis