Water
River (Neira) with a surface water mass code ES393MAR000260 classified as Good. The river bed is composed of sand, stones, and silt. Average discharge rates vary by season: 9.15 m³/s (January-March), 5.66 m³/s (April-June), 4.01 m³/s (July-September), and 9.07 m³/s (October-December). Three-year return flow is 51.6 m³/s. The watershed covers 281.9 km² with elevation ranging from 364 m to 930 m.
Location
Located in A Pobra de San Xiao, Láncara municipality, Lugo province, Galicia, Spain. UTM coordinates: 627388 (X), 4747512 (Y), Zone 29 ETRS89. The bathing area has marked access, easy access, and parking available.
Facilities
Marked access, easy access, parking, information signs, danger signaling, trash containers, toilets, children's play area, bar/snack service, and picnic areas. Disabled access status not specified. No lifeguard post mentioned. No showers specified.
Season
Official monitoring season: 1 June to 30 September.
Water Quality
Water quality classified as Good. Escherichia coli average values: 309 UFC/100mL (2014), 143 UFC/100mL (2015), 135 UFC/100mL (2016), 190 UFC/100mL (2017). Enterococcus intestinalis average values: 99 UFC/100mL (2014), 57 UFC/100mL (2015), 74 UFC/100mL (2016), 84 UFC/100mL (2017). Identified pollution sources include 9 authorized urban wastewater discharges and 26 authorized industrial discharges in the water mass. Diffuse sources include livestock farming (0.09 bovine, 0.01 ovine, 0.19 porcine, 2.28 aviculture per hectare) and agricultural runoff.
Risks
Short-duration contamination risks from sanitation network failures or sewage leaks, livestock farming runoff from manure storage ruptures or overflows, agricultural runoff from heavy rains, high bather numbers on weekends, uncontrolled discharges or dead animals, sediment remobilization from heavy rains, organic waste from bathers, and abnormally reduced river flow.
