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- From: mascdb@gdr.bath.ac.uk (C D Burdorf)
- Newsgroups: alt.surfing
- Subject: Re: Polluted Beaches in Australia
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.180906.26967@gdr.bath.ac.uk>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 18:09:06 GMT
- References: <1iegdvINNd2i@sol.deakin.OZ.AU> <3519@peking.gdwb.oz.au> <1joji0INNnhb@sol.deakin.OZ.AU>
- Organization: School of Mathematics, University of Bath, UK
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- In the referenced article, ludwig@cm.deakin.OZ.AU (Ludwig Omachen) writes:
- >In article <3519@peking.gdwb.oz.au> pthomas@gdwb.oz.au (Peter Thomas) writes:
- >>ludwig@cm.deakin.OZ.AU (Ludwig Omachen) writes:
- >>
- >
- >
- >My humblest apologies for providing incorrect information :-(, I should
- >have checked the current situation instead of answering off the cuff,
- >and regurgitating my out of date experiences of surfing at the
- >southern end of 13th beach.
- >
-
- I think you're letting him off to easily Lud. Nowhere does he say
- what kind of treatment is being done (it should be tertiary). And
- nowhere does he describe the levels of viruses and toxic chemicals
- being pumped into the ocean which are far more dangerous than E-coli
- bacteria. Finally, cost is no excuse for destroying the ocean. The
- pollution of the ocean has a far greater economic impact than does
- the cost of treating sewage. I'm glad something is being done,
- but it's not clear that enough is being done.
-
- Chris
-