Cradle River pollution

 Bergland. 2023/05/12 10h55 Water about normal.  Visibility staying poor, can’t see bed.  Water has a greyish tint to it.  Strongish rotten smell in the air.  Not much foam. Can see the suspended particles and black clumps in the video of the Blougat at Bergland.

2023/05/12, 10:40 Percy Stewart - It would appear that none of the gravel/bacterial beds/filters are functioning. Sludge dam is empty???  Wondering where the sludge went??? The perimeter road on the North Western side of Percy Stewart seems to have sludge on it.   This is the road to get to the outflow. Looking over the fence, one can see a stream of dark stuff flowing down the embankment, almost centre of photo.  

2023/05/12, 09:54  Delportan.  There hasn’t been any further attempts to do anything at the Delportan site where the sewage trucks unload.  It is somewhat of a mess here and any overflows and spillages end up in the Blougat. (behind the perimeter fence) The vegetation is growing from the nutrients in the sewage.  Across the valley one can see the expansion taking place in Munsieville and the sun reflecting off of a stream in the bottom left of the photo.  To get to the stream involves a hike through the valley but suspicions of the quality of that water exist.

 2023/05/12. 9h40. Blougat Spruit upstream from Percy Stewart.  Water clear can see river bed.

Bergland. 2023/05/09 8h40 Water flow increased, from the level of the rocks.  Visibility staying poor, can’t see bed.  Water has a greyish brown tint to it.  Strongish rotten smell in the air.  Not much foam.