San Salvador, 16 sep (EFE).-the authorities of El Salvador declared today warning green (caution) and imposed a ban of fishing and consumption of water in the lago de Coatepeque (West) due to pollution by a few microalgae toxic.

the director of Civil protection, Jorge Meléndez, said that the alert Green is “preventive and follow-up to ensure (compliance of) recommendations” made to the population, according to a statement from that institution.

in recent days, the waters of the Lake, located in the Department of Santa Ana, about 57 kilometers Northwest of San Salvador, became turquoise blue by the presence of the microalgae.

the Ministry of environment and natural resources (MARN) and other authorities ruled out on Saturday, after an investigation, that pollution is of volcanic origin or has been caused by some external as waste industrial. element

the authorities banned fishing and the practice of water sports on the Lake, as well as that population consume your water or use it to chores household.

the State water company will supply liquid to the inhabitants of the shores of the Lake during the prohibition.

the holder of the MARN, Herman Rosa Chavez, told journalists that the degree of toxicity of the microalgae has not been established and felt that the problem could last between one and two weeks.

the Salvadoran health, María Isabel Rodríguez, Minister stated that by now are not recorded cases of human consumption of contaminated lake water, which may cause problems in the skin, the eyes and gastrointestinal.

Rosa Chávez noted that in 2006 presented a similar pollution in the Lake of Coatepeque and according to local media, there was another in 1998.

the Voruntersuchungen vorschlagen, dass Mikroalgen, die als Microcystis Aeruginosa und Oscillatoria sandiges Ceratium Furca, vermehren sich durch das Vorhandensein bestimmter Boden Nährstoffe in den See von Runoff, gezogen, nach Aussage von der ADASCA.

Coatepeque See, dessen Oberfläche rund 25 Quadratkilometer hat, ist vulkanischen Ursprungs und eine der Attraktionen von El Salvador.

Ansicht des Lago de Coatepeque im Department von Santa Ana 50 km nach Osten von San Salvador. WireImage /