UMHLANGA’S beaches will remain closed for a second day after a sewer pipe burst on the rising main on Tuesday. Although the leak has been fixed by the City’s Waste Water and Coastal Engineering Department, the beaches will remain closed until the City is able to carry out water quality tests.
“We are grateful the sewage spill on the uMhlanga promenade at Lifesavers Club has been resolved thanks to the efforts of the council’s Waste Water Department who worked through the night. They identified the issue deep in the vegetation between the top section of the promenade on the lower terraced level.
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“The re-instatement of this vegetation and related retaining loffelstein wall will be monitored but the UIP but the promenade is open and fully usable. The beaches remain closed while we wait for the water quality test to be carried out, and once this is done we will inform stakeholders,” said Cara Reilly of the UIP.
