Water legislation

Water laws are not respected in Torrelavega. Many factories do not comply and we all suffer the consequences because of the pollution of the river.

Five years ago, the company FROXA poured ammonia into the river Besaya. This caused the death of all the fish and every life form in the river. On May 13rd, three employees will be taken to court. (http://www.eldiariomontanes.es/v/20130413/torrelavega/destacados/juicio-vertido-froxa-sera-20130413.html)

Sniace, another local factory, is well-known for their dumps in the river, which are mainly uncontrolled and not until very recently have they started scrubbing waters. And the government has fined them 10,000 euros for all this dumping, a “very high price”, don't you think so?