How could the water of the polluted, murky Mar Menor on the coast of Murcia become crystal clear again? The oyster should fix it, say scientists.
Cartagena – Each oyster is a small natural sewage treatment plant that manages to filter 240 liters of water per day. Oysters are exactly what the polluted, cloudy Mar Menor on the coast of Murcia needs to keep from dying, reveals costanachrichten.com *.
50 years ago there were 185 million oysters in the Mar Menor *, as reported by scientists from the Oceanographic Institute in Murcia *. The mussels were able to filter all the water of the Mar Menor in 50 days. Today those who are left need a year. * costanachrichten.com is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA .
