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Article: Waste leak haunts Limassol beach.
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- Cyprus Mail (Cyprus)
- Article date:
- August 14, 2009
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Byline: Daniel Thomas
THE BEACH at Curium was off limits yesterday after being shut down following dozens of complaints of human excrement floating in the water.
Red flags were raised on the beach on Wednesday after lifeguards deemed the water unfit for swimming following a slew of complaints to the Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO) over the past two weeks.
The flag was changed to yellow yesterday, which means that although the waste had been cleaned up, it was not recommended to swim until the source of the contamination is identified
On Wednesday swimmers were literally summoned out of the sea by lifeguards who decided that the ...