Groundwork wants Durban beach E. coli results made public
Environment justice organisation Groundwork has questioned what it says is the lack of information over the declaration that 22 of the 23 beaches in eThekwini are open and safe.
Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda made the announcement at an exco meeting earlier this week, telling the committee he'd recently inspected sewer pump stations along the southern coastline after leaks contaminated beaches when the floods hit last year.
Groundwork's Rico Euripidou says the city should make its results public to allay fears.
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"If they can show the public that the bathing beaches are free of E. coli and they have tested for chemicals because chemicals have also been coming from canal from the UPL pesticide warehouse that burnt
"If they can show that everything is safe then that's okay, its good. We need to have our beaches open, we're not opposed to opening beaches."
The city has invited water and wastewater treatment specialist Talbot to carry out sampling to verify the water quality results.
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