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Puerto de la Cruz residents march over Playa Jardin sewage

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

Johannes Bornewasser

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Demo Abwasser Puerto de la Cruz Playa Jardin 01 — The message is clear and striking: Stop discharging faecal matter into our waterways!

Demo Abwasser Puerto de la Cruz Playa Jardin 02 — In Puerto de la Cruz In Tenerife, people of all ages are coming together to take action against the biggest environmental crisis of recent years.

Demo Abwasser Puerto de la Cruz Playa Jardin 04 — "We don't want to swim in s***," reads one placard.

Demo Abwasser Puerto de la Cruz Playa Jardin 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 most important beach.

Demo Abwasser Puerto de la Cruz Playa Jardin 07 — They're making a lot of noise with party horns and vuvuzelas.

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Demo Abwasser Puerto de la Cruz Playa Jardin 08 — The children are clearly having fun, whilst many of the adults look rather sheepish.

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