Desalination and seawater quality at Green Point, Cape Town: A study on the effects of marine sewage outfalls

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dc.contributor.authorPetrik, Leslie
dc.contributor.authorGreen, Lesley
dc.contributor.authorAbegunde, Adeola P.
dc.contributor.authorZackon, Melissa
dc.contributor.authorSanusi, Cecilia Y.
dc.contributor.authorBarnes, Jo
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-13T08:58:47Z
dc.date.available2017-12-13T08:58:47Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents our collection methods, laboratory protocols and findings in respect of sewage pollution affecting seawater and marine organisms in Table Bay, Cape Town, South Africa, then moves to consider their implications for the governance of urban water as well as sewage treatment and desalination. A series of seawater samples, collected from approximately 500 m to 1500 m offshore, in rock pools at low tide near Granger Bay, and at a depth under beach sand of 300–400 mm, were investigated for the presence of bacteriological load indicator organisms including Escherichia coli and Enterococcus bacteria. A second series of samples comprised limpets (Patella vulgata), mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis), sea urchins (Tripneustes ventricosus), starfish (Fromia monilis), sea snails (Tegula funebralis) and seaweed (Ulva lactuca), collected in rock pools at low tide near Granger Bay, and sediment from wet beach sand and where the organisms were found, close to the sites of a proposed desalination plant and a number of recreational beaches. Intermittently high levels of microbial pollution were noted, and 15 pharmaceutical and common household chemicals were identified and quantified in the background seawater and bioaccumulated in marine organisms. These indicator microbes and chemicals point to the probable presence of pathogens, and literally thousands of chemicals of emerging concern in the seawater. Their bioaccumulation potential is demonstrated.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPetrik, L. (2017). Desalination and seawater quality at Green Point, Cape Town: A study on the effects of marine sewage outfalls. South African Journal of Science, 113(11/12): Art. #a0244en_US
dc.identifier.issn0038-2353
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi. org/10.17159/sajs.2017/a0244
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/3325
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherAcademy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)en_US
dc.rights© 2017. The Author(s). Published under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectMicrobial pollutionen_US
dc.subjectPharmaceuticalsen_US
dc.subjectPerfluorinated compoundsen_US
dc.subjectCommon household chemicalsen_US
dc.subjectMarine organismsen_US
dc.titleDesalination and seawater quality at Green Point, Cape Town: A study on the effects of marine sewage outfallsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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