green sea

[lissa]

Reported on Fethiye expat : http://gercekfethiye.com/baskan-gurunden-meclis-uyelerine-fethiye-aritmasi-bilgilendirmesi/19954/

In 2014 it was first highlighted that there was a pollution problem in the Gulf of fethiye, nothing was done about it, fast forward 5 years, during  water samples collected, traces of e-coli, human faeces and other nasty's are showing high readings, 30,000,00TL will become available to start the process of reducing the impact caused or eradicating it completely, work will either start at the end of 2019 or at the end of 2020, the current levels are just below the danger zone as it stands, if it reaches the danger zone, the beaches around the gulf of fethiye will be too dangerous to swim in, this is a very bad situation but one that has just been ignored for 5 years.

[lissa]

The original article says 30 Milyon lira, not 30,000,00

[Clioman2]

they may start work on improvements to waste treatment etc at the end of this season but how long will it be before the water quality is consistently safe to swim? These projects take time and they won't instantly clean the bay up.
It may be wise to have a Plan B for at least next year's holiday folks and maybe a year or two after that.
As an aside are the small fishing boats still out in the bay at night as they were in June?

[blueclad]

its a great shame that the green sea is a major problem  for the area, it started to turn murky when we were there 2 months ago , we have been thinking about going elsewhere for our usual june holiday, but Calis draws us to go yet again,,, its our 17 th year in calis in  june , hotel room booked as its 50 % fully booked already ,, just waiting for 1 st week September when easy jet release flights up to end june

[saoirse]

Could decimate tourism, house prices etc. Urgent action needed not long term

Once tour operators get fed up of customers complaints it will have serious implications for the area

[Rana]

https://www.wect.com/2019/08/09/warning-pet-owners-toxic-algae-kills-three-dogs-matter-hours/
This is worrying for animals and humans

[Clioman2]

i don't think that the algae is a threat, it's what the algae is feeding on...

[lissa]

In a further report, it says that waste from Sovalye island goes straight into the sea. No sewage treatment there. Not the only culprit for the appalling state of the  sea, but certainly not helping! Sea at Gunluklu also reported as being green, so this algae bloom is spreading quickly.

[lissa]

I hate to harp on about this, but nothing seems to being done..... absolutely horrendous situation happening. But fish are now dying in this polluted sea. This has been seen just along the 'new' promenade in Fethiye.

[saoirse]

TripAdvisor certainly becoming very negative re Calis/ Fethiye

Cannot believe the authorities are just doing nothing