Durban harbour sewage leak contained
eThekwini says it has managed to stop the massive sewage leak that has left the Durban harbour off limits for more than a week.
Thousands of litres of sewage flooded into the harbour when the Mahatma Ghandi Pump Station failed. Transnet National Ports Authority was forced to suspend all diving operations due to health and safety concerns.
The Water and Sanitation Department’s Dave Wilson says they will assess the affected area again tomorrow to decide on a way forward in terms of the clean-up operations.
"We will assess the situation on Monday to what the tidal effect has had on the pollution", he said.
"There is bacterial treatment, oxygenation aeration as options. There are all sorts of treatments we could use", Wilson said.