Although used as an electoral pledge, Podemos-Alianza Verde pointed out the "chronic problem" that Salobreña suffers concerning sewage.

The party Spokesperson pointed out that some urbanizaciones, cortijos, restauration/hostelry establishments are not connected up to the municipal sewage-disposal system, which they claim results in some freely dumping their sewage into ramblas, barrancos and soak-away septic tanks. This causes contamination both in water causes, springs and water tables, they say. Some are dumped directly in the sea.

This problem is accentuated in the summer where suspicious streaks on the sea cause social alarm and detract from the towns image as a tourist destination.

For all these reasons Podemos is calling for moratorium on all new building licences for housing, establishments and urbanizaciones that are not connected up to the municipal sewage-disposal system.

Editorial comment: this already exists; you cannot build on any empty plots on Urbanización Aguilera Alta, for example, because there is no connection to the sewage network – existing houses use septic tanks, which are emptied by specialised lorries. This does not appear to be the case (building restrictions) on Monte de Los Almendros even though the municipal sewage network does not exist up there, either.

(News: Salobrena, Costa Tropical, Granada, Andalucia)