The judge expands the case for brine spills to the Mar Menor against 43 more companies

File image of an illegal desalination plant. / gc

Among the new investigated in a separate piece of the ‘Topillo case’ there are agricultural entrepreneurs and merchants, machinery supply and management of a golf course

The head of the Examining Court number 2 of Murcia agreed to open a separate piece of the ‘Topillo case’ for the
investigation of discharges committed by 43 companies, the majority related to agriculture. This extension of the procedure occurs after the receipt of a report from the Seprona of the Civil Guard, which analyzes the documentation provided by the company Hidrotec, “concluding that there are indications that a plurality of companies and individual entrepreneurs
could have used desalination machines illegally, pouring brine without authorization, which could cause damage to the environment.