UMasipala weTheku usuvale okwesikhashana amabhishi ayisithupha ahamba phambili ngenxa yezinga eliphezulu le-E.coli kulandela ukuhlolwa kwezinga lamanzi kwakamuva.
Amabhishi athintekile i-Point, Ushaka, i-South, i-North, Battery kanye ne-Country Club futhi aziwa ngokuheha izivakashi.
Ukuvalwa kwala mabhishi kuza ngemuva kwemizamo kaMasipala weTheku kanye ne-Adopt-A-River – okuyinhlangano engenzi nzuzo.
Amasampula ahlolwe ngokuzimela i-Talbot Laboratories abonise amazinga aphezulu e-E. coli mhla ziyisikhombisa kuZibandlela.
Imiphumela yakamuva ibonisa amazinga e-E. coli angaphezulu kakhulu kwephoyinti elamukelekayo elingaphansi kuka-500.
I-Country Club Beach iqophe amazinga angaphezu kuka-24,000 kanti umfula ose-Kingfisher Canoe Club ukhombise isibalo esishaqisayo esingu-1.2 million.
Umasipala usole ukuthi lokhu kunyuka kwamazinga e-E. coli kungenxa yemvula enamandla muva nje eThekwini, engeze ukungcola okuvela emifuleni, emifudlaneni nasezindleleni zamanzi eziphepho zawafaka olwandle.
Ukuphendula le miphumela, umasipala uvale amabhishi athintekile ukuze umphakathi uvikeleke ngesikhathi usaqhubeka nokuzama kabusha amasampula kanye nokuqapha.
UJanet Simpkins ongumsunguli we-Adopt-A-River unxuse izakhamizi nezivakashi ukuthi zihlale zinolwazi mayelana nemiphumela yakamuva nokuthi baqaphe uma beya emabhishi.
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