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Date Published: 19/08/2022
ARCHIVED - Mar Menor temperature drops 2 degrees
The Mar Menor lagoon has dipped to 29.14ºC after reaching the highest temperature ever recorded in July
The water temperature of the Mar Menor has finally begun to drop with the break in the stifling weather, creating “an increase in the concentration of oxygen in the water in the medium term," and reducing the risk of anoxia, according to the lagoon’s Monitoring Committee.
Earlier this week, the oxygen levels also recorded normal values.
The overall temperature has declined by 2 degrees, from the 31.25ºC average seen in the last week of July, when the lagoon reached its highest level ever recorded. The thermometers now read 29.14ºC, still a high figure that is shared with the Mediterranean Sea and which meteorologists fear could lead to torrential rains in the coming weeks.
“We are concerned about the effects that a DANA may have on the Mar Menor. You can't fight against these natural issues, but you can fight against that continuous bleeding that is coming in," Committee spokesperson Emilio María Dolores explained, referring to the discharges from the Rambla del Albujón. "Water shouldn't get in because it hasn't rained for months," he added.
On Thursday August 18, technicians from the Ministry of the Environment descended on Galúa de La Manga beach in Cartagena to gather samples of a spill that has been running into the water from the nearby hotel. Activists are concerned that the discharge could be waste water run-off but the Ministry is convinced that the spill isn’t anything sinister.
So far this year, some 16,562 tonnes of algae have been cleared from the shores of the Mar Menor, which is equivalent to 345 tonnes of nitrogen and 11.5 tonnes of phosphorous, two compounds which are extremely harmful to the ecosystem in large concentrations.
"A very important figure that is having a very positive influence on the ecological state," according to Mr María Dolores.
The health of the Mar Menor is constantly monitored through the use of two measurement buoys installed in the lagoon that give real-time information every six hours.
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