The APA has advised bathers to avoid swimming at certain beaches as a precautionary measure following the detection of discharges into the Onda River.
Swimming is also prohibited at Matosinhos Beach since Wednesday, following an advisory against it from Monday, due to microbiological contamination of the water.
On Thursday, the Matosinhos City Council demanded that the APA and GNR take immediate action in response to the “severe pollution source” detected at Angeiras Norte Beach from a discharge.
“The Matosinhos Council demands that the relevant authorities, specifically the GNR’s Nature and Environment Protection Service (SEPNA) and the APA, along with other responsible bodies, act with efficiency and urgency, because monitoring alone is not sufficient; action is necessary,” the council stated in a communiqué sent to Lusa.
According to the municipality, led by socialist Luísa Salgueiro, it is imperative that water analyses provide timely results and that the source of “this criminal discharge” is identified immediately.
The pollution at Angeiras Norte Beach is attributed to a discharge into the Onda River in Vila do Conde that occurred on Tuesday, it revealed.
