SA Waterbulletin May 1984

Abstract

The final report on the Durban research project into the disposal of sludge to sea was recently accepted by the Water Research Commission and released for general circulation. The results from the project were consistently favourable according to Mr John McGlashan, senior adviser of the Water Research Commission, and showed that there was no pollution of the beaches, no deleterious effect on the quality of the sea water or the quality and well-being of the marine fauna, and no bacteriological and chemical pollution at any of the measuring points along the coastline and at sea resulting from the submarine discharges.

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