Several sewage discharges have forced the closure of at least three beaches in Mallorca and Eivissa at the height of the tourist season and with hotels overflowing with tourists. In Mallorca, the beach of Cala Marçal, in Felanitx, has been closed to bathing this weekend, which has returned to normal this Monday and visitors can now dive into its waters again.
However, a section of s'Arenal beach, in the municipality of Llucmajor, in the section that borders Palma, remains closed to bathing. It is one of the main tourist enclaves on the island, where thousands of tourists spend their vacations every year. The section of the beach was closed for bathing on Saturday and this Monday it was still closed due to a mixture of clean and fecal waters.
The red flag has flown in the area throughout the weekend, precisely the one with the highest tourist concentration of the year, with hundreds of planes taking off and landing at the Son Sant Joan airport. The workers of the beach security services have had to be used thoroughly to alert tourists that they could not bathe in the middle of days of strong heat
The third beach closed to bathing is that of Figueretes, in Eivissa. The discharge of fecal waters has been due to the rupture of a pipe that has also caused clean and dirty water to mix. The beach has been closed since Saturday and restaurateurs in the area are already complaining about the problems that this accident is causing because the bad smell of the area scares away visitors
The closure of some beaches on the islands can occur when there are significant storms that drag fecal discharges to the coast, which is very common from September on. In Palma there are several cases throughout the year and the city council of the capital is about to complete the works on a large storm tank to try to prevent these spills from occurring in the area.
