ROU riool wat oor \u2019n lang tydperk opdam in die boloop van die Swartkops-rivier is \u2019n ekologiese ramp wat wag om die sensitiewe Swartkopsriviermonding sowel as gesogte strande van Port Elizabeth te tref.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die probleem kom al jare voor, maar geen daadwerklike pogings word aangewend om di\u00e9 besoedeling te stop nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEk s\u00ea jou, dit vra net vir een goeie re\u00ebnval wat Groendal laat oorloop en die Swartkops in vloed bring en al hierdie soliede riool sal op die strande uitspoel,\u201d s\u00ea Frans Swanepoel, \u2019n sakeman en besorgde inwoner van Despatch wat as voormalige burgemeester di\u00e9 dorp se belange steeds op sy hart dra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cKyk die massa water wat uit die Kelvin Jones-waterwerke in die kanaal vloei reguit rivier toe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDit is vol soliede stukke riool wat, omdat dit swaar is, in die rivier afsak en die water vloei net so liniaallengte bo-oor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cVloede gaan kom, dit gaan weer re\u00ebn en dan gaan die vloedwater daardie soliede riool afvat see toe en ons weet die see gooi uit wat hy nie wil h\u00ea nie. Dan is die Blouvlagstrande in hulle maai.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2019n Eienaar van grond langs die rivier s\u00ea die ho\u00eb E.coli-vlakke in die water hou \u2019n bedreiging vir mens en dier in. By di\u00e9 persoon (wat verkies om anoniem te bly) se grond is daar is geen vis in die rivier oor nie en die vo\u00ebllewe het gekwyn tot enkele spesies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie Swartkops-riviermonding is \u2019n sensitiewe area vir baie waterspesies. So is St. Croix-eiland die broeiplek vir die Afrika-pikkewyne. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn die Baai het ons hier seelewe wat n\u00earens anders in die w\u00eareld voorkom nie en daar word so onverantwoordelik omgegaan met die riool. Nee, dit is onaanvaarbaar,\u201d s\u00ea Swanepoel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n \n Gesuiwerde rioolwater uit die Kelvin Jones-waterwerke is veronderstel om gepomp te word na die Strelitzia-dam, vanwaar dit uitvloei na die Uitenhage Gholfklub sowel as skole en kerke om hul terreine en grasperke nat te lei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cVir die laaste drie jaar is die vloei van di\u00e9 water beperk. Soms is daar water en ander kere niks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDan is daar al die verskonings in die boek hoekom daar nie meer water is nie,\u201d s\u00ea Swanepoel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Skole betaal \u2019n beskikbaarheidsfooi aan die munisipaliteit vir die gebruik van di\u00e9 gesuiwerde water wat hulle nie kry nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Vir die afgelope vyf jaar was die watertoevoer na die gholfbaan kritiek met maande waarin daar geen van di\u00e9 gesuiwerde water was nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk monitor die probleem al lank. Die riool word nie gesuiwer soos dit gedoen moet word nie, dit word fyngekap en in die rivier ingepomp. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs die rioolwater nie gesuiwer word nie, kan dit nie opgepomp word na die Strelitzia-dam nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Swanepoel s\u00ea hy verneem die rioolplaas by die KwaNobuhle-waterwerke is nie in volle werking nie en dat die riool na die Kelvin Jones-waterwerke gepomp word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk weet nie of die Kelvin Jones-waterwerke nie die kapasiteit kan hanteer en of dit onkunde of foutiewe stelsels is nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWat ek weet, is dat dit teen die wet is om die riool in \u2019n rivier te pomp en dat dit \u2019n groot ekologiese ramp gaan wees as die re\u00ebn kom.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ROU riool wat oor \u2019n lang tydperk opdam in die boloop van die Swartkops-rivier is \u2019n ekologiese ramp wat wag om die sensitiewe Swartkopsriviermonding sowel as gesogte strande van Port Elizabeth te 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\n Geen gesuiwerde water vir skole <\/span>
\n <\/b>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n en gholfbaan <\/span>
\n <\/b>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n