The Environmental Resources Authority (ERA) and Environmental Health Directorate issued a statement revealing that they are investigating reports of green water in a number of bays around Malta.
Samples are set to be collected and analysed so as to determine the cause of these episodes.
‘It is to be noted that such algal blooms may occur due to high temperatures and reduced water circulation, conditions typical of heatwaves such as the one we are experiencing.’
Commenting on the situation, Opposition leader Bernard Grech said that the Maltese people and those who visit the islands deserve a clean sea.
‘It is not acceptable that after the investment that was done by the Nationalist Government on drainage systems, the government did not do anything to the extent that various bays ended up closed due to an overbearing of drainage.’
‘It is even less acceptable that there are bays which are still contaminated a month and a half after they were closed over the issue.’
It remains to be revealed what is causing the green hue.
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