Overview
- Menduíña beach in Cangas experienced repeated sewage releases that triggered red and yellow flags and is now open under a yellow-flag precaution after UTE Gestión Cangas cleaned the pumping station and lifeguards stepped up surveillance.
- O Campanario in Vilagarcía has been closed to bathing after water tests detected very high Escherichia coli counts and the town awaits a mandatory confirmatory counter-analysis before lifting the ban.
- Santa Marta in Baiona remains closed following Xunta microbiological results while Augas de Galicia, the Concello and concessionaire Gestagua inspect the río Baíña and nearby conduits for possible discharges.
- Concessionary crews and municipal teams report mechanical causes at pumping stations, including grease blockages and large accumulations of inappropriate items such as wet wipes and sanitary products that can trigger relief overflows to the sea.
- Officials warn that tourist-season pressure on local sewer networks raises public-health stakes, that investigations and repeated sampling are ongoing, and that the incidents add to a longer contamination record in the Miñor basin dating back to the 2010 closure of Foz do Miñor to shellfishing.