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- From: ccwj@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Wayne Jennings)
- Subject: Re: Polluted Beaches in Australia
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.052234.28676@marlin.jcu.edu.au>
- Organization: James Cook University
- References: <smith-060193092817@esumac21.csu.murdoch.edu.au> <1iegdvINNd2i@sol.deakin.OZ.AU> <3519@peking.gdwb.oz.au>
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 05:22:34 GMT
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- In article <3519@peking.gdwb.oz.au> pthomas@gdwb.oz.au (Peter Thomas) writes:
- >ludwig@cm.deakin.OZ.AU (Ludwig Omachen) writes:
- >
- >>The only treatment at the sewage plant is filtration to take out the
- >>chunky bits, but condoms etc still get through and float around like
- >>jelly fish.
- >>This visible pollution is generally only evident at the southern end of the
- >>beach , near the outlet.
- >
- >In his article on 13th Beach, Lud has a couple of points wrong about Geelong's
- >sewage treatment plant at Black Rock.
- >
- >First, nothing larger than a pinhead can get through the screens in the plant.
- >These screens have been inspected by numerous citizens and community groups and
- >they agree that the screening process is excellent. But, Lud is quite correct
- >when he says that is is only a screening process.
-
-
- Is this ALWAYS true or am I incorrect in saying that there have been ocurrences
- of raw sewerage getting through when the screening process breaks down or when
- the system is overloaded.
-
- Wayne Jennings
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