Concern over fish mortality reached the Board
The fish mortality, observed at the beginning of December last year in a body of water in the department of Cerro Largo, was raised at the level of the communal legislature.
Washington Coast He conveyed the concern to his colleagues and requested that the concern be raised to the corresponding authorities.
“We have learned that in a pond of stagnant water in the 11th Section of the department –Paso de los Carros- the mortality of fish that were in this pond of water had been confirmed” recalled the Mayor of the National Party.
“Apparently, and according to reports from a worker at the establishment who reported the incident to his boss and corresponding section, it is estimated that they were the result of water contamination since there is a rice crop nearby and they could have used and dumped some type of toxic agrochemical that affected the water source.” Costa continued to express during his presentation on the subject.
“This pond has the Tacuarí River as its outlet, which worries us since these waters reach the OSE intake and are then discharged into the purification pools of the plant located in Melo” he stressed.
“If this negligence is confirmed, which has been repeated in repeated areas where there are plantations, whether eucalyptus or rice, due to the agrochemical factor that is poured into the rice fields and tree plantations, mainly in the areas bordering Brazil, we see that the Ministry of the Environment has not taken the necessary measures to control this type of irregularities with the waters of our rivers and streams, leaving us with the elimination of aquatic species and fauna in the national territory and therefore consequently, the danger that these polluting products become consumed by human beings” said the Mayor of the National Party Caucus.
“For this reason, we request that the Ministry of the Environment make the necessary arrangements to take samples of the water consumed by our population, whether in the area where these agrochemicals that are for consumption are dumped or other places since we firmly believe that they are not complying with the rules for verifying the water that we use daily and that they may be toxic.” Washington Costa warned.
“We want this concern to reach the Ministry of the Environment, the Departmental Mayor of Cerro Largo, the Environment Director of the Municipality, the Environmental Commission of the Board and the media in general for their information and other purposes.” requested the Departmental Mayor.
