Cradle River pollution

2023/05/16  Delportan - Sewage truck dump site. Trucks unloading.   Sewage truck on way down to site to unload Video of sewage truck on the way down. Video of truck unloading sewage. Video of another truck unloading sewage. Sewage trucks queuing to unload. Manhole that the sewage trucks empty into.  Nothing to stop any splashing from contaminating the ground. Closeup of the actual manhole.  More just an unprotected open hole in the ground with pipe feeding into the main sewer pipeline that goes to Percy Stewart. Sewage truck leaving the site and back on the tar road. Thanks Iwan

  2023/05/16  Delportan - Sewage truck dump site. Immediate area and overflowing manhole. Overview of the surrounding area at the Delportan sewage dump site. Upstream from the Delportan dump site.  Robert Broom is in the top of the photos. Aerial view on would get when looking downstream from Robert Broom. Aerial view looking at the overflowing manhole. Aerial view of the overflowing manhole. Thanks Iwan.

 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.  

  2023/05/02. 09h50 AMD The Tweelopies flow before going under the N14.  The volume is higher than last year due to the increased amount of AMD being pumped and processed.

Bergland. 2023/05/02 09h30 Water flow about normal, from the level of the rocks.  Visibility staying poor, can’t see bed.  Water has a very dark grey more blackish tint to it.  Strongish smell almost like oil in the air.  Not much foam, although there seems to be an increase in gassing from the bed here. From the video one can see the swirling particles in suspension in the water.

Bergland. 2023/04/20 8h55. Water flow about normal, from the level of the rocks.  Visibility staying poor, can’t see bed.  Water has a very dark more blackish tint to it.  Strongish rotten smell in the air.  Increase in foam since last week. From the video one can see the swirling blackness in the water as well as gassing taking place.