Almería villages told not to drink radioactive water

Almería villages told not to drink radioactive water
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By h.b. - Jul 29, 2010 - 7:31 PM
The Junta de Andalucía says the water is outside the limits as being apt for drinking

Albox - EFE

19 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.

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