Thousands of fish wash up at Rietvlei
By Odette Ismail
27 December 2006
A clean-up operation will be taking place in the next two days around the banks of the Rietvlei Wetland Reserve near Table view. This is due to tons of fish washing up on the river bank.
Dalton Gibbs of the City of Council says the water body used for recreational purposes, has been closed to the public. The water poses a threat to drinking water in the areas closer to the residential areas.
He says the fish in the wetland area died from various factors. The high nutrient levels with calm conditions and high temperatures contributed to the fish deaths. This caused high bacterial activity which suppressed oxygen in the water.
He says the operation will take place with two days of cleaning together with the City’s Disaster management team.
27 December 2006
A clean-up operation will be taking place in the next two days around the banks of the Rietvlei Wetland Reserve near Table view. This is due to tons of fish washing up on the river bank.
Dalton Gibbs of the City of Council says the water body used for recreational purposes, has been closed to the public. The water poses a threat to drinking water in the areas closer to the residential areas.
He says the fish in the wetland area died from various factors. The high nutrient levels with calm conditions and high temperatures contributed to the fish deaths. This caused high bacterial activity which suppressed oxygen in the water.
He says the operation will take place with two days of cleaning together with the City’s Disaster management team.
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