The results of the tests on the latest samples taken are expected today. The hope is that the microbiological pollution at Poetto will last as long as a breath of wind, the same one that could take away problems and bacteria. And the revocation of the ordinance that prohibits bathing from the Marino hospital to the Ottagono , a stretch of Cagliari.
In the meantime, anger and doubts remain. "The samples were taken on Wednesday, in front of via dell'Idrovora. The order arrived on Friday, yesterday afternoon. Could we have gone swimming before? This is madness: I work with summer school camps. I'm getting notices of contract cancellations for this stuff. For the umpteenth time, they're destroying those who work." Erika Murtas is furious: she's the owner of the Family Beach establishment, which three days a week hosts dozens and dozens of children who, looked after by educators, enjoy the sea while their parents work. Then there are the cruise passengers who choose to take a dip in the sea: they even go in groups to her kiosk. The order came like a blow. And given the timing, the insult is even more bitter: "Last year there was a heat emergency, two years ago too. This year, for a staggered sample, I'm suffering enormous damage: just the goods bought for today are worth a thousand euros. How will I pay the concession and Tari if these terrorist measures arrive?
There was a confrontation with Arpas: «They told me that the values could have been distorted by the passage of a yacht that discharged into the sea». If so, the same vessel could have also generated the pollution that led to the order to close two stretches in Giorgino, for more than a kilometer. But what if the causes were different?
In the meantime, an ordinance has arrived in Quartu prohibiting bathing in S'Oru e Mari , signed by the mayor of Quartu Graziano Milia. Not exactly a historically heavenly stretch of sea: upstream there are abuses and a sewage system – often non-existent – that needs to be reviewed. But there is also work underway to replace five pumps near the Is Arenas purifier – this one in the Cagliari area – that had never been put into operation. Are there connections with S'Oru e Mari? It's hard to say.
In these hours, interventions are underway in the plant managed by Abbanoa, which overlooks Molentargius: in theory it should push the purified water towards Simbirizzi and stagno. The connections with the ordinance are rejected by the water service management company.