Salt Lake awash with algae

AUTHORITIES were yesterday looking into the appearance, for the first time, of algal bloom in the Larnaca Salt Lake.

“Initial information says that the cause of the phenomenon is the heavy rainfall coupled with waste, which some fellow citizens channel into the river that goes into the Salt Lake,” Larnaca Mayor Andreas Moeseos said.

The mayor said samples had been collected and sent for tests at the state lab but it is almost certain that the causes are the waste and fertilisers carried in the Salt Lake by the heavy rains.

Moeseos said that some people are channelling illegal waste with plastic pipes in areas in the jurisdiction of the Aradhippou municipality, which adjoins Larnaca.

The Larnaca sewage board said it is not responsible for the pollution in the Salt Lake.

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