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The water on Smiltyne’s beaches does not meet hygiene standards, therefore swimming here is prohibited. During investigations, contamination with intestinal rods was detected in the water. It will be clarified if the contamination is instantaneous or lasting and bathing in the beaches favored by tourists will be taboo for a long time.
In the water – hoses
Just before the weekend, Klaipedos Beaches, the institution that oversees the beaches of the port city, announced that the water on Smiltyne’s beaches does not meet the requirements of hygiene regulations, therefore swimming here is prohibited.
“June 19 Today we receive results showing that the water is polluted on Smiltyne’s beaches,” Aleksandras Siakki, deputy director of Klaipėdos Beachiai, said at noon on Friday.
As soon as it became clear that intestinal sticks had been found in Smiltyne’s bathing waters, red flags were raised on these beaches, meaning bathing is prohibited. Rescuers monitor compliance with this prohibition.
No bathing
Repeated water tests were also commissioned. Its results are expected next Tuesday or Wednesday. Until the results of repeated tests are available, vacationers at Sand will be prohibited from swimming.
A.Siakki noted that the cases where hoses were found in the water of the port city ports occurred earlier, a few years ago on the Beach of the Disabled in Melnrage, once in Smiltyne.
It is likely that in both cases, contamination with intestinal sticks was instantaneous, as repeated studies showed that water quality was within standards.
Run by the heat and the people?
Kęstutis Navickas, head of the research laboratory of the company “Institute for Sustainable Development”, which carried out the water research, explained that the contamination registered in the water of Smiltyne’s beaches is microbiological, which generally occurs by a couple of reasons.
“First of all, these are weather conditions: relatively higher air temperature and tourist concentration. These are the two main factors that led to the increased pollution,” said K. Navickas.
The interviewee assured that the industry has a minimal effect on the concentration of intestinal sticks in the water.
“Furthermore, the location of the bathing water itself determines that the most likely factors are meteorological conditions and the concentration of tourists. Now, repeated samples will show whether the contamination was instantaneous or long-term, and then it will be possible to explain the reasons, ”said K. Navickas.
It happens elsewhere
If hose contamination turns out to be long-term, decisions will need to be made on the procedure for using Smiltyne’s beaches.
However, the head of the company’s research laboratory noted that until now it was not worth worrying about the identified contamination, because with the decrease in the prevailing heat and precipitation and the increase in the flow of visitors to a place, often Similar cases occur in Lithuania.
“It is likely that when repeated samples are analyzed, the contamination should not exceed the allowable values,” said K. Navickas.
On the Melnragė-Giruliai beaches, the water meets the requirements of hygiene standards, so swimming is allowed here.
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