Aguas Santafesinas explained the reasons for the black stain that was seen in the Paraná River

This Tuesday, a Black spot on the Paraná River, near Puerto Nortecaught the attention of those who passed by because of the contrast with the brown water and because, in addition, hundreds of fish could be seen looking for food in that same perimeter. From Aguas Santafesinas they explained why this phenomenon occursdays before an oral hearing is held following the appeal that five former executives of the firm are carrying out after being prosecuted by the courts for dumping untreated sewage into the southern outfall.

Spokespeople for the company that provides drinking water and sanitation services insisted on the version they gave in November 2022, when the same stain was seen in the same sector, and clarified that this anomaly on the surface is due to sediment drag that goes down to the river through Outfall 9, which has its direct mouth in the river at the height of Avenida Francia.

As they explained, when rainwater enters through the rainwater network, the greatest flow It carries sediments that are in the conduits and that change the color of the water. At that time, the company clarified that the intakes of the water treatment plants are upstream of the outfalls, so There is no way those discharges will interfere with the city’s water quality..

The construction of a sewage treatment plant is a large infrastructure debt The city continues to pour raw sewage into the river without any kind of purification. Although the project was planned and announced several times, it never came to fruition.

Processed by disposing of untreated liquids

Last month, justice ordered the prosecution of five former directors of Aguas Santafesinas for pouring untreated liquids into the Paraná River through the southern outfall, located near AyolasThe case has been pending for four years, both in civil and criminal proceedings.

Federal Judge Carlos Vera Barros resolved the prosecution of five former owners of the company, who were identified in 2021 after An environmental organization that is dedicated to analyzing the waters of the Paraná basin to measure its pollution levels will denounce the sewage treatment company.

In dialogue with The capitallawyer Fabián Maggi, who is pursuing the lawsuit from the Cuenca Río Paraná Civil Association organization, announced that an oral hearing will be held on Monday within the framework of the appeal presented by the former directors, through their lawyers.

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In this regard, the lawyer stated: “The novelty is that the prosecutor in charge of the case (Matías Scilabra) chose the modality of oral hearing. This is novel because, generally and especially with public officials, the written version is chosen to simplify time. But it is seen that is giving important importance to the cause, which has it“.

The cause, according to Maggi, was born from a periodic survey that environmental organizations carried out in the southern outfall of Aguas Santafesinas, where they detected “a huge plume of reddish-black pollution that emanated a nauseating odor” and that extended along the coast where numerous fishing families were settled.