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Third closure of Playa Jardín beach in Tenerife

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Third closure of Playa Jardín’s main cove

Another closure, and that makes three in August and September. Puerto de la Cruz council, in the north of Tenerife, announced at midday today another closure of the water at the main cove of Playa Jardín, popularly known as María Jiménez or Punta Brava and home to the best sand on the beach. The reason: positive tests for faecal contamination, in compliance with instructions from Public Health.

This is the third closure of this cove, following the one in August (just after the Palomares scene featuring the mayor and the first deputy mayor of Puerto de la Cruz) and the one at the beginning of September, although on that occasion it also affected El Charcón, between María Jiménez and the El Castillo area.

Council cites “respect for health authority”

According to the local government, the measure is taken out of respect for, and in obedience to, the health authority, with one clear priority: to protect the health and wellbeing of residents. However, as with previous closures, the ruling three-party coalition of the right and the supposed alternative left (PP-ACP and CC) once again stresses that the results reported by Public Health differ from those obtained by Biocontrol Labtec, the independent laboratory contracted by the council, whose reports for the samples taken on 28 September (last Monday) show no breaches of the reference limits set out in those documents.

Call for explanation over conflicting results

For this reason, the council has announced that it has asked Public Health for a technical explanation of the discrepancy between the two sets of results, particularly given that the samples were taken barely an hour apart. The municipal authority believes it is necessary to clarify these differences in order to have consistent information and to provide residents with a clear and rigorous explanation.

In the meantime, it adds, the council is continuing its cleaning operations, the preventive replacement work on the Punta Brava sewer, and periodic monitoring through independent analyses, with the aim of improving the safety of the drainage network, protecting the coastline and guaranteeing that the water is in good condition.

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