SWIMMERS have been banned from two beaches in Spain after “abnormal” levels of bacteria were detected in the water.
Authorities have closed Urbanova and San Gabriel beaches in Alicante as they analyse the bacteria.
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The General Directorate of Water and the Alicante City Council said “abnormal” amounts of enterococci have been identified at the bays.
But experts have ruled out it being caused by discharge from the outfall or from the treatment plant in the San Gabriel.
Tests in the water will be carried out until it returns to a normal level.
Beaches in Centro and Playa Els Tossals are also shut over contamination levels.
It comes after a mystery substance forced to close four other Spanish beaches.
Red flags were raised to prohibit swimming along the coast of the holiday hotspot resort of El Puig, near Valencia after a strange white matter washed up.
The town council made the decision to shut the beaches of Medicalia, Puig Val, Old Fishermen’s Quarter and Els Plans on July 22 after alerts of a bizarre substance.
A thick, grainy, white substance coated the beaches in the area – and authorities were unsure what it was.
Only half an hour down the coast, tourists and locals alike were devastated by news of a summer shutdown of a favourite beach – L’Arbre del Gos.
The sandy Spanish hotspot will reportedly be closed from August 15 and fenced off in 200m sections while the local council performs a £24million anti-coastal erosion project.
Meanwhile, a beloved Ibiza beach was closed indefinitely on July 20 after officials made a deadly discovery.
The sands of s’Aigua Blanca had been ruled a danger to the public following a spat of powerful waves and stormy weather.
