DIRTY STRAITS: East London municipality faces court action over sewage spills that pollute beaches and rivers

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Rolling blackouts and the vandalism of sewer pump stations in East London are causing major sewage spillages that are polluting the city’s beaches and rivers.

by Tembile Sgqolana, Daily MaverickEast London municipality faces court action over sewage spills that pollute beaches and rivers by Tembile Sgqolana, Daily Maverick January 25, 2023 Overflowing sewer pump stations have caused pollution of the Nahoon River, Nahoon Beach, Gonubie Beach, Inhlanza River, Bonza Bay River and Bonza Bay Beach in East London. The spills led to the closure of Nahoon Beach and Bonza Bay Beach last week.

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Next they'll be stealing the sewerage in bags and sell that too!!

So many questions... why are the sections under resourced? What happened to the equipment they had? If the generators get stolen why aren't staff allocated to be on-site with a generator for the 2 hours? (Bring it, use it, remove it) Has the muni built or expanded sewage plants?

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