Government has defended lodges along the Shire River following reports that they were discharging sewage into the river in Liwonde.
The lodges, Hippo View Lodge and Shire Lodge, were accused of polluting the river as waste from the lodges was being dumped 20 metres from the place where Southern Region Water Board pumps its water.
There were fears that people in surrounding areas were using and drinking unsafe water due to the lodges’ conduct.
But government has said its analysis has shown that water in the river is safe to drink since it has not been contaminated.
Spokesperson for Department of Environment and Climate Change Management in the Ministry of Natural Resources Sangwani Phiri said experts from the ministry collected three water samples near the lodges which have shown that the water is fit for human consumption.
“It was discovered that the amount of oxygen which was there for sample one was 15.7 milligrams per litre at Shire River, for sample two it came out 16.1 milligrams per litre, the third sample was collected at the Liwonde barrage which measured 18.3 milligrams.
“But according to the standards which makes water to be fit for human consumption, it should not exceed 20 milligrams of dissolved oxygen per litre,” he said.
He added that the sewage which the lodges use is about 30 metres away from the Shire River and there is no proof that there is depositing of waste matter from the two lodges into Shire River.
As usual
We are going to fight these lodges on our own especially hippo lodge,this Siku guy must pay for what he has been doing all these years
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komanso machinga district hosp ilinso ndivuto.this hosp ndiya uve kuposa ma hosp onse kumalawi kuno.
U r right chipatala cha umve ichi chifungo choipa chimamveka kungolowa pa gate mmmm
oooh sister harriet inudi munakafikakodi.simukunama fungo limafika mpaka pa liwonde roadblock.
Inetu ndimadabwa. I used to be passing Liwonde barrage for several time. And last time was telling my brother kuti ku Liwonde kumanunkha. Is this from the hosp.? Very shame
man clever zinangofika pa waste.am worried ndinyengo ikubwerayi.zoipa zimachoka ku hosp kufika munjanji then shire river.
onse akupanga za uve, sewage ya chipatala cha pa liwonde imaphulikaphulika kumataikila mu nsinje wa shire.
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