{"id":48572,"date":"2021-07-08T09:34:34","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T07:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/swartkops-river-smells-like-disaster-20210707-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T09:50:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T07:50:31","slug":"swartkops-river-smells-like-disaster-20210707-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/swartkops-river-smells-like-disaster-20210707-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Swartkops River smells like disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>THE unbearable stench of dead fish and sewage in the polluted Swartkops River smells like disaster when crossing the 200-metre-long Nivens Bridge in Kariega.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frank Collier, chairman of the Zwartkops Conservancy said every section of the river has its own problem, but what is seen at the Nivens Bridge is very alarming. According to Collier Japanese algal bloom was found in the Swartkops River near Redhouse earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_65c82d0f\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11341\/03dffaf410dc4721ae1358935cc56791.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11341\/fb8d5906ba41416bb44070295eae4770.jpg\" title=\"Apart from the dead fish the Swartkops River is heavily polluted owing to residents throwing rubbish into water canals and blocked sewers flowing into the river.\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Apart from the dead fish the Swartkops River is heavily polluted owing to residents throwing rubbish into water canals and blocked sewers flowing into the river.<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe river turns dark brown from this Japanese algal bloom, it does not operate in fresh water and does not operate in salt water, but in between. It takes all the oxygen out of the river and then you see the fish and other aquatic life dying,\u201d said Collier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut the dead fish at Nivens Bridge are not necessarily caused by a sewage spill, it could be something else, so there must be something seriously wrong in the river upstream,\u201d said Collier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Collier said the Trusts conservation officers will immediately inspect the situation to find the cause of the dead fish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_1d962549\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sewer\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11341\/5c93204d6fa04ba18161eaac9f490349.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11341\/f1d2f8af79cc42dc8ef6247167d01b6d.jpg\" title=\"The blocked sewer next to the Doornhoek Road opposite Gerald Smith. 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