Reportback from our AGM in September 2015:
The City was
recently required by the DEA, in terms of the Integrated Coastal Management
Act, to obtain a permit to discharge raw sewage through its various marine
outfall stations along the Atlantic seaboard.
Of course, this has been occurring for years now despite the protests
from academics in this field and environmentalists. However, the public participation process
that this requires has focused the community’s attention on this matter and I’m
delighted to welcome Dr Jo Barnes to address this issue and alert you to the
dangers and reality of sewage being pumped into the bay of Camps Bay. Dr Jo Barnes is an epidemiologist and senior
lecturer in Community Health at the Stellenbosch University Faculty of Health
Sciences. Dr Barnes, who is, amongst others, a recipient of the Order of the
Disa of the Western Cape Province, and an associate of the SU Water Institute. Dr Barnes, I thank you for giving of your
valuable time to address us tonight.
Dr Barnes gave a
very heartfelt presentation reflecting the plight of our seawater. Attached hereto is her Powerpoint
presentation.
She stressed that
sewage should be treated before it is pumped into the sea.
In Cape Town we have
many small treatment plants.
We must make a noise
and put pressure on Council to do the right thing and treat the sewage
properly.
‹‹ View her PowerPoint Presentation here ››
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