Maiden’s Cove and Glen Beach in Camps Bay have been temporarily closed due to a collapsed collector sewer that caused an overflow on to the beach.
The City said various City
departments were activated to respond to the incident, which included taking
samples to confirm if there was any risk to the public. The City said a suction
tanker was commissioned to relieve the overflow and contain the spillage in
preparation for a maintenance team to do repairs.
Camps Bay resident Byron
Herbert said the history of what was currently happening in respect of the
Marine Outfall Point (MOP) had, been well documented and the City had been
defensive as to its contested legal rights allowing it to pump untreated sewage
into the sea.
Dr Jo Barnes from the
Stellenbosch University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences said said the
City blamed inhabitants for disposing waste in the wrong places, thus blocking
the system, but was guilty of disposing huge amounts of sewage into the sea in
an equally inappropriate manner.
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