Torremolinos will monitor the water in its showers, sprinklers, and foot washes on the beaches.

José Rodríguez Cámara

Torremolinos

The four beaches of Torremolinos: Los Álamos, Bajondillo, Playamar, and La Carihuela-Montemar, were recognized in 2025 by the Association of Environmental Education and Consumer Affairs (ADEAC), an honor that allowed the Blue Flag to be raised on all of them and has been renewed for this season.

To obtain this endorsement, it is necessary to meet quality requirements in areas such as environmental information and education; water quality, according to the European directive; environmental management, especially in terms of the Coastal Law, and safety and services.

Similarly, the coast of Torremolinos also holds the Q for Tourism Quality seal, which sets strict conditions to be granted by the Institute for Spanish Tourism Quality.

Legal Provisions

Maintaining these levels, along with the respective state, regional, and local legal provisions, involves comprehensive beach monitoring with sampling, microbiological analysis, and the issuance of technical reports on the waters, surfaces, and sands of public facilities on the coast, which includes showers, foot washes, toilets, and spray irrigation oases. For this purpose, the local administration has just contracted the services of specialized microbiological sampling and analysis.

The idea is to carry out exhaustive technical controls on the presence of bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, and Legionella spp.

The massive use of these spaces during the official bathing season, from June 1 to September 30, requires, as noted in the file of this procedure, the protection of public health and compliance with current health regulations, in addition to having documentary traceability and the ability to detect risks early and adopt corrective measures.

At least, a monthly sampling is requested during the period from June to September, with a total of 16 analyses for the showers, and double for the nearby areas, along with the control of the presence of Legionella spp.

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Companies

Five companies competed to win the contract which, finally, was awarded for €16,240.62, for the current season and that of 2027, to a laboratory in Tomelloso, Ciudad Real.

Five companies competed to win the contract which, finally, was awarded for €16,240.62, for the current season and that of 2027, to a laboratory in Tomelloso, Ciudad Real.

Torremolinos seeks to conduct an internal and external audit and have technical assistance for maintaining the Q for Tourism Quality, S for Sustainable Tourism, Blue Flags, and Ecoplayas distinctions.

In parallel, Torremolinos seeks to conduct an internal and external audit and have technical assistance for maintaining the Q for Tourism Quality, S for Sustainable Tourism, Blue Flags, and Ecoplayas distinctions.

This is a tender, divided into lots, also for two years, extendable for another two, with a budget of around €200,000, and which is already close to being awarded.

The bids received, between one contract and another, total 9 companies.

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