RE: #Wednesday Walk - At Umhlanga Boardwalk
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I believe some parts of the ocean near Durban are still very polluted? Is Umhlanga one of those places?
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Hi, @jasperdick. You're right, yes. The pollution is bad and Umhlanga is one of those places indeed. The two beaches in Umhlanga were reopened last week (1 December), just to be closed again a couple of days later, after we had some rain again.
As far as I know, the Umhlanga beaches reopened again yesterday (8 December), as the race is on to get the beaches open before the holidaymakers come down for the holiday season.
I have my doubts though... I wouldn't go into the water on any of our beaches at the moment. It's sad but true.
In my opinion, a lot of this could have been prevented if there was better maintenance on sewage systems, etc... And once disaster struck, there was a huge lack of interest to take immediate action. As far as I know, up on the North Coast, there are still areas battling with water problems (not having any water) since the floods in April.
I cannot see how it can be realistic to jump in now and think the problem can be solved "overnight".