The City is considering treating sewage before releasing it through marine outfalls. But even then, ‘forever’ chemicals will not be broken down.
of his “oversight visit” on Twitter, showing the water was clean with no visible sewage or solids on the surface. In a statement, he said the coastline was “visibly healthy and ecologically functional”.on Lansdowne’s post, the sewage is dispersed in certain swell and wind conditions, such as rougher seas and south or southeast winds as on the day Lansdowne inspected the area, whereas many ocean users have reported it forming a slick on the surface on calmer days.
However, he said, echoing Mbandezi: “Following the above-mentioned marine impact study the City of Cape Town has commissioned a feasibility study into technologies and treatments to further improve the quality of discharge.” This was expected to be completed around the middle of 2023.NSRI chief executive Cleeve Robertson said the institute was appealing against the granting of the permits “from a health and a conservation point of view”.
He said the City was neglecting to mention the industrial chemicals and pharmaceuticals released through sewage outfalls, although studies have shown these are accumulating in the marine environment and up the food chain.The studies he referred to are those by Senior Professor Leslie Petrik at the University of the Western Cape’s Chemistry Department, and Cecilia Y. Ojemaye, who found that fish caught by small-scale commercial fishers in Kalk Bay are.
The pharmaceutical compounds found most often were acetaminophen ; ofloxacin ; valsartan ; sulfamethoxazole ; codeine ; and bezafibrate .
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