Staff Reporter
Sewage from a failed eThekwini pump station flowed along Margaret Mncadi Avenue and reportedly into Durban harbour on Monday, forcing the temporary closure of three central beaches and again raising concerns about the city’s collapsing wastewater infrastructure.
The Bay of Plenty, North Beach and Battery Beach have been closed as a precaution after technical failures at the Mahatma Gandhi Pump Station caused sewer overflows along Margaret Mncadi Avenue.
The city said on Wednesday that it was implementing “urgent intervention measures to contain and mitigate the sewer overflow incident” following “technical failures” at the Mahatma Gandhi Pump Station.
“Repair work at the pump station remains underway following the identification of a fault affecting pumping operations.
“Municipal sanitation teams, engineers, and specialist technicians are working round the clock to restore full functionality to the station as quickly as possible,” the city said.
It said tankering services had been dispatched to
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