Silver Coast - Healthy Beaches Program
Foz do Arelho will be one of 125 beaches in Portugal to be part of the Healthy Beach Program.
The healthy beach program also covers the beaches of Nazare, Vale Mitao (Lourinha) Santa Rita Norte, Santa Cruz (Torres Vedras) e Consolacao, Supertubos, Gamboa, Cova de Alfarroba, S. Bernardino e Baleal Sul (Peniche).
Cooperation between the Vodafone Foundation, the Navy, the Office of Water, the Institute for Conservation of Nature and Biodiversity, the National Institute for Rehabilitation and the Blue Flag Association of Europe, will include the beach at Foz do Arelho, in Caldas da Rainha.
This program aims to contribute to increasing the safety and quality of the environment on the beaches, as well as the accessibility to the disabled.
Major security equipment wll include jet-skis for rescue and watch towers. It also creates a network of mobile communications accessible to the public, mobile phones provided to rescuers and a telephone number to each beach post covered by the program.