City declares beaches safe for swimming
The City recently conducted another joint sampling of beach water quality with results that show improvement of water quality as most are compliant with acceptable standards for recreational use.
SIX Durban beaches were shut down by the municipality after showing signs of high E. coli levels when the City conducted a joint sampling of beach water quality with non-profit organisation Adopt-A-River and its independent partner, Talbot, on December 7.
The City recently conducted another joint sampling of beach water quality with the Institute for Water and Wastewater Technology (IWWT) at the Durban University of Technology on Monday, December 11, and according to the municipality, this is to enable credible comparison of test results in the interests of transparency and public safety.
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The sampling with IWWT was done on bathing and non-bathing beaches.
“These results show an improvement in water quality as most are compliant with acceptable standards for recreational use. These beaches are either ‘excellent’ or ‘acceptable’,” said the municipality.
According to the City, the three beaches with ‘poor’ water quality results, which are Glenashley, Virginia and uMngeni South Beach, plus the uMngeni River, are non-bathing and have no impact on recreational use.
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“The monitoring and routine weekly testing across all the City’s 23 bathing beaches continues,” said the municipality.
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