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Crimson Tide to the river of poisons from toxic pollutants to the sea Rio Galeria ENVIRONMENT
Crimson Tide to the river of poison:
from Rio Galeria toxic pollutants to the sea
New analysis reveals the danger of the influent
the Tiber that flows around the landfill Malagrotta
The dark waters (polluted) to enter into the Tiber River Gallery (photo Google Maps)
ROME - There is a river of poison flowing outside the capital. It 's the Rio Galeria flowing next to a huge landfill Malagrotta, the largest in Rome, but also deposits of hydrocarbons in a refinery, a cave and hospital waste incinerators. In its waters, which flow like tributaries into the Tiber to the west of the city, found alarming amounts of ammonia nitrogen - one of the most dangerous pollutants in the sewage, highly toxic - arsenic and bacteria similar to those of cholera. This was revealed in a survey commissioned by the Department of X city of Rome.
Malagrotta The landfill, located near Rio (Photo Jpeg)
ANALYSIS IN UNIVERSITY '- The analysis of the Rio Galeria show a level of pollution described as "bad." The waters of the 35 km long river, which flows from the heights of triumphalism in the Tiber at Ponte Galeria, were placed under observation by the University of Perugia. Four, the sampling provided by the Inter-University Centre for research on pollution of physical agents. But even with the first data were obtained from red alert.
The river that runs next to the landfill is full Malagrotta because of abnormal appearances that were already observed in the past ARPA, the regional agency for environmental protection. The Rio
behind the incinerator
ESCHERICHIA COLI - The new data indicate Bridge Malmone - whose territory is situated in an incinerator for special hospital waste - bits of bacterial Escherichia coli up to 530 thousand (5000 is the limit for fish life), nitrogen ammonioale at 15, 26 (1 for fish life) , arsenic at 0.026. The rate of BOD (oxygen demand) is estimated at 39 (9 limit for fish life).
And in all the four sampling points on the Rio Gallery. Escherichia coli ranges from 28 000 to 98 000.
A member of the committees of residents shows a channel at the landfill Malagrotta
FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA - In the past ended up in the river - reveal the committees of residents - waves of leachate from the landfill Malagrotta, placed in its waters and then finished in the Tiber where the Rio Galeria converged there, not far from the mouth and the beaches of the coast. A load of poisons that are apparent to observation as documented by aerial photography taken by Google, then regolarmenti detected in the analysis of the quality of coastal waters.
Paolo Brogi
December 2, 2009
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