Overview
- The court inadmitted appeals by the Xunta de Galicia and the Miño‑Sil River Basin Authority, making the July 2025 TSXG ruling final and enforceable.
- The TSXG found decades of inaction violated fundamental rights, including life, physical integrity, home, private life, property, and access to water.
- Judges relied on extensive scientific evidence of nitrate contamination and eutrophication exceeding WHO thresholds, with risks to health, recreation, and water supplies.
- The ruling orders effective measures to halt degradation and awards compensation to residents of up to €30,000 per claimant, while local municipalities were not convicted.
- Environmental groups and residents hailed a potential European precedent and pressed for swift enforcement, as the Galician environment chief cited poor coordination with the basin authority.