Sewage pollution surge threatens besieged Swartkops again

A fresh wave of sewage poured into the Swartkops Estuary at the weekend, killing thousands of fish and crabs and almost putting the skids on a major regatta at Redhouse.

Zwartkops Conservancy members were out on Monday taking water-quality samples, but it seems the harmful algal bloom, which strips oxygen out of the water as it decays, is on the rise again...

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