@aigua_cat says 'bad state of sea and increased water turbidity', while on the same day (12/08/2019) Ajuntament mentions 'sewage overflow'
beach goers often disagree with the flag colour (various tweets from @AjBadalona, 14/08/2019-15/08/2019 a d @PlatgesBadalona, 15/08/2019):
'did anyone look at the water? full of rubbish...'
'L I A R S'
'in the morning transparent until 12, then solids I prefer not to describe. In the end I left'
Ajuntament regularly blames the rain, not inadequate infrastructure (14/08/2019)
No updates from @PlatgesBadalona 29/07/2019-07/08/2019. Following episode of contamination on 27/07/2019 water went from 'pending analysis' + red flag on 27th to pending analysis + green flag on 28th, and then to 'good'+yellow flag also on the 28th
Diari de Badalona reported on 21/08/2019 that extension of the sewage network is among some of the measures already adopted. When challenged they explained themselves saying that 'measures that have already been adopted' doesn't mean 'realised or implemented' (yes, we are still confused too)