The WWF has denounced the discharge of 5 million litres – equivalent to the contents of two Olympic sized swimming pools – per day of untreated residual waters into the Arroyo del Partido in the Parque Nacional de Doñana in Huelva.
The untreated water comes from the 40,000 residents of Almonte, Bollullos Par del Condado and Rociana del Condado and the volume is increased by the number of workers in the area for the strawberry harvest.
The WWF complain that the Junta de Andalucia has spent huge amounts of public funds on infrastructure projects and frivolous works over the years but neither they nor the Central Government has managed to provide for sewage treatment plants in an area which is not only of natural and cultural significance but is also a World Heritage Site.
The WWF in Spain says it is a disgrace and an international scandal that a World Heritage Site such as Doñana receives direct discharges of sewage.