Half of the Italian beaches are given in concession to the bathing establishments. Another 8% of beaches are polluted and not suitable for swimming. Free and swimming beaches therefore drop to 42%. To say it is the new report Spiagge di Legambiente, which as every year photographs the situation and the changes taking place in the coastal areas of Italy.
Legambiente has put together the data of the Ministry of Infrastructures, Regions and Municipalities, and has analyzed aerial photos to draw up a ranking of the top ten coastal Municipalities with the greatest occupation of beaches under concession: Alassio (SV), Jesolo (VE), Forte dei Marmi (LU), Rimini, Lido di Ostia (Rome), San Benedetto del Tronto (AP), Alba Adriatica (TE), Pozzuoli (NA), Giardini Naxos (ME) and Mondello (Palermo).
From the 2020 data of the Water portal of the Ministry of Health, processed by Legambiente, 7.8% of the sandy stretches in Italy are excluded from bathing. Of this percentage, about 90 km are forbidden to bathe due to pollution: especially in Sicily, Calabria and Campania, which alone count about 73.5 km out of the 90 overall. Then there are another 169.04 kilometers of "abandoned" sandy coast, that is areas where the mouth of a river, stream or drain falls and which are not sampled.
In Italy only 42% of the beaches are free and suitable for swimming
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Legambiente: Sicily, Calabria and Campania the most polluted (ANSA)Half of the Italian beaches are given in concession to the bathing establishments. Another 8% of beaches are polluted and not suitable for swimming. Free and swimming beaches therefore drop to 42%. To say it is the new report Spiagge di Legambiente, which as every year photographs the situation and the changes taking place in the coastal areas of Italy. Legambiente has put together the data of t...