Cradle River pollution

  AMD 2022/09/16  9h20 Water flow normal, the water quality visually staying constant.

  Bergland. 2022/09/16 08h40 Water flow about normal.  Visibility staying poor.  Stronger rotten urine type smell this morning.  Foam still present.

  Bergland/Percy Stewart 2022/09/16, 08:31  Sludge spillage currently taking place In the background one can see the water running along the perimeter road at Percy Stewart, suspect it is still the fire hose spraying water as recorded previously.  In  the foreground is the sludge spillage.

 Bergland. 2022/09/09 08h55 Water flow about normal.  Visibility staying poor.  Slight smell.  Foam still present although slightly less.

  Bergland. 2022/09/02 12h10 Water flow about normal.  Visibility has deteriorated further since last week Friday.  Slight smell.  Foam still present.

  2022/09/02, 11h58  Percy Stewart outflow, quite discoloured.  This flows down the side of the ravine into the Blougat Spruit.

  2022/09/02, 11h50  Still water running into road from Percy Stewart.  Water is possibly fresh water from the fire hose.  In the top photo can see the wet mark on the wall of the building.  What a waste. 2022/09/02, 11:57  Percy Stewart/Nergland - a very recent sludge spillage.  It doesn’t appear as if any sludge got into the Blougat.

  2022/09/02, 11h00  Delportan sewage truck dump site.  Still no further action here.  No access control or checking of what is being dumped.

  AMD 2022/09/02 9h25 Water flow normal,  the discolouration and suspended particles have cleared.

 Bergland. 2022/08/26 08h50 Water flow about normal.  Visibility poor, not as much  suspended particles. Slight smell.  Foam still present. Noticeably gassing rising from the river bed. The following photos were taken at this same location on the 1st April 2022.  The deterioration can be seen.  The level of the water is the same and upstream there are some springs feeding in clean water into the system.  I can only assume that overall there has been a consistent deterioration.