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Beaches are assessed weekly by a study by the São Paulo State Environmental Company (Cetesb). The study takes into account the quality of the water within the monitoring area. Santos Beaches, SP Vanessa Rodrigues/Jornal A Tribuna This week, all the beaches of Santos and São Vicente in the Baixada Santista have been classified as unsuitable for swimming. The study was carried out by the São Paulo State Environmental Company (Cetesb), which assesses water conditions on a weekly basis. ✅ Click here to follow the g1 Santos channel on WhatsApp. According to Cetesb, a beach is considered unsuitable when the number of enterococci (fecal bacteria) in the sample collected exceeds 100 colony forming units (CFU) per 100 ml. According to a bulletin published last Thursday (6), all beaches in the two municipalities have been assessed as “unsuitable for swimming”.Check out the areas analyzed: Santos: The beaches of Ponta da Praia, Aparecida, Embaré, Boqueirão, Gonzaga and two monitored areas of José Menino Beach (near Rua Olavo Bilac and Avenida Frederico Ozanan) are classified as unsuitable. São Vicente: The beaches of Divisa, Itararé (Posto 2), Ilha Porchat Beach, Milionários Beach, Gonzaguinha and Prainha are not suitable for swimming. The beaches of São Vicente and Santos are not suitable for bathing Reproduction/Cetesb According to Cetesb, there are two main factors that affect the ability of beaches to bathe, one is the number of people and the other is the amount of rainfall. At the beginning of this week, the municipalities recorded more than 100 mm of rainfall in less than 24 hours. The company highlights that rainfall has a negative impact on bathing, as more water flows from the rivers into the sea. In addition, in these events, large amounts of sewage, garbage and other debris are brought into the sea, which leads to a decrease in water quality.Problems Beaches in the Aparecida community Vanessa Rodrigues/A Tribuna Jornal Cetesb points out that if the water quality is not suitable, it increases the risk of contamination and diseases such as: hepatitis A, cholera, typhoid, among others, the most common of which is gastroenteritis, which can cause nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, diarrhea, headache, fever, eye, ear, nose and throat infections. “The fact that the beach is not suitable does not mean that everyone who bathes there will be infected with any of these diseases. It depends on each person’s immune status and the type of contact – whether they stay in the water for a long time, whether they immerse their head in the water, whether they swallow the water”, the company explains. Santos City Hall, responding to g1, said that the main factor that determines the level of bathing is the sewage collection network, which is the responsibility of Sabesp, with whom the government has developed several joint actions aimed at supporting service concessionaires. The municipality also stressed that 99% of the municipality’s sewage network is connected and that the entire system is connected to a submarine outfall, where the treated substances are discharged 4.5 kilometers from the coast.However, the Ministry of Environment (Semam) understands that there is a direct relationship between bathing capacity and the amount of sewage treatment discharged by all existing underwater outfalls in other municipalities of the Baixada Santista. He also points out that in Santos, there are geographical issues to take into account, especially the fact that the beach is located in the bay, directly connected to the port channel and to neighboring municipalities, which are directly affected, especially in the presence of irregular and / or clandestine connections. The government also highlights that the actions taken on basic sanitation (a basic condition for bathing beaches) are also a prerogative of Sabespe, through a contract signed with the municipality. The Town Hall also highlights that, in addition to installing barriers with aquatic plants in the canals, it has also taken actions and projects on municipal solid waste on the beaches, such as the Detecta program, Beco Limpo, Ecofábricas, the Marine Waste Source Identification Program. In the summer, Semam, in collaboration with other Town Hall agencies, has stepped up inspections and environmental education actions on beaches, parks, aquariums, Orquidário and Jardim Botânico Chico Mendes. G1 contacted San Vicente City Hall but did not receive a response until the last update of this report Video: G1 1 min Santos
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