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Puerto de la Cruz residents march over Playa Jardin sewage

The town's main beach has been closed for nine months because waste water is discharged into the sea close to the shore. Protesters walked from the sand to the town hall with flags, air horns and vuvuzelas.

Johannes Bornewasser

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Demonstration: Wastewater, Puerto de la Cruz, Playa Jardín 01 — The message is clear and striking: Stop discharging faecal matter into our waterways!

Protest against sewage in Puerto de la Cruz, Playa Jardín 02 — In Puerto de la Cruz on Tenerife, people of all ages are rallying against the biggest environmental crisis of recent years.

Protest against sewage in Puerto de la Cruz, Playa Jardín 04 — «We don't want to swim in sh****,» reads a sign.

Protest against sewage in Puerto de la Cruz, Playa Jardín 05 — Residents of all ages are on their way to the town hall in the north of Tenerife to demonstrate for an end to the sewage pollution affecting the region's main beach.

Protest over sewage in Puerto de la Cruz, Playa Jardín 07 — Gas horns and vuvuzelas are used to make a lot of noise.

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Protest against wastewater in Puerto de la Cruz, Playa Jardín 08 — The children are clearly having fun, whereas many of the adults look rather sheepish.

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