Most polluted rivers in Spain

He Miño It is a river that is located northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, in the Galician community. This river is highly contaminated by pesticidesdetritus and industrial spills.

Your tributary Barbaña It is also found severely contaminated since on the wastewater is over the wastewater, both of urban origin and of relief and sewerage. In addition, it receives contaminated soil leaks, garbage and industrial waste.

The Júcar river runs through eastern Spain, crossing the provinces of Cuenca, Albacete and Valencia, until it flows into the Mediterranean Sea. According to ecologists in action in Cuenca, this river is mainly contaminated by the Water Watersheds that occur in it, from several municipalities, because of a lack of purification in its waters.

Spanish river that runs through the Aragonese community, is a Ebro river tributary. From 1975 to 1994 the Gállego River was severely contaminated by an important Lindano spill (chlorinated organ compound) without any control. 26 years later the river is still affected by the tons of “toxic soup” that are deposited in natural wells or gullies. Luckily there is a Comprehensive Decontamination Plan of the Gállego River With the aim of reducing the water flow that comes from the rain, so that the ravine treatment plant manages to treat all runoff in the affected area.

The Cinca River is northeast of Spain, in the territory of Aragon, and flows into the Ebro River. It is severely contaminated by spills that come from the industrial estate of the Paules in Monzón and by wastewater of the Almunia de San Juan.

Dead fish have been found with a High mercury level In the blood but, in addition, the river contains DDT tracesinsecticide that was previously used that takes more than 60 years to disappear naturally.

River that runs through the Catalan community you have leads to the Mediterranean Sea. Is contaminated by industrial waste, garbage and medicationsbut these are not the only sources of pollution, it also suffers from a excess salinity Due to the detritus from the Bages mines.

Also the level of its waters has been marked by a great decrease by the large number of small hydroelectric plants that have been built along their route.

The Odiel River converges with the Río Río, is born in Sierra de Aracena and belongs to the Atlantic basin of Andalusia. Both have been contaminated because of waste from The mines closer. In addition, in the Marshs of Odiel, there are three phosphoyesos rafts, which contain radioactive sludge.

River located southwest of the Iberian Peninsula, runs through Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura, Andalusia, Alentejo and Algarve. Considered a sick river by the tons of agrochemicals that have poured into it over the years. As a consequence, the population of river fish is disappearing without pause.

In addition, the invasion of Camalote is added to this river, which is an exotic plant, not originally from this area, and very invasive, so it is damaging the river ecosystem.

Coastal River that is located in Galicia and belongs to the Atlantic aspect. It is one of the Spanish rivers more contaminated by bacteriapractically the colonies of ESCERCHIA COLI and enterococci are permanent in their waters, although their concentrations change depending on the time of the year.

In addition, they occur in it Night spills of toxic fluids difficult to detect, but that nevertheless the deaths they produce in the river fauna make it evident that they are taking place.

To say exactly which is the most polluted river in Spain is difficult, since all the physical, chemical and biological parameters of each river would have to be analyzed exactly. However, currently, because of the data that you have, The Júcar River is considered as the most contaminated by the amount of Toxic pesticides which contains, in addition to other sources of pollution that are degrading it.

He Segura Riverusually, it is considered the least contaminated river from Spain thanks to purification that receive the waters that run for him. In fact, this river was awarded in 2015 for the great environmental recovery projects that took place in it.

After reading this information about the rivers of Spain that are more contaminated, we recommend you read these other articles of Ecology Verde:

• The most contaminated rivers in the world.
• Pollution of lakes and rivers: causes and consequences.
• How to avoid contamination of rivers.

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