Let's Talk About The Sewerage Problem Wreaking Havoc At Cape Town's Popular Swim Spots
One has to wonder if that recent stomach bug going around was down to the sewerage spills in some of Cape Town’s popular swimming spots.
In January, Llandudno Beach was also closed to bathers due to yet another sewerage overflow in Cape Town.released a report at the start of the month showing how we’re swimming at beaches that are actually way too polluted. The City takes coastal water quality samples every two weeks, with tests done for E.coli as well as enterococci, a more virulent strain of faecal bacteria.
As far as can be determined, none of them, with the exception of Lagoon Beach at Milnerton, which has been polluted for at least three years, had signage warning beach goers that the water was unsafe for swimming or playing in. But Dr Jo Barnes said that the city should focus on pollution even when it’s not related to load shedding.noted that the City of Cape Town is “considering” implementing additional environmental measures to further reduce the environmental impact of discharging wastewater into the oceans.
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