People warned to stay off the fish

Eda Ranu managing-director Henry Mokono has warned people living close to the waste water stabilisation pond at Morata not to catch, eat or sell fish from there.
He said this after the recommissioning of the pond on Friday.
“I am warning people not to catch fish from the ponds, although there are lots of fish here,” Mokono said.
“You can catch, sell and cook for yourselves fish from the swamps but not from the waste stabili-sation ponds, because they are not fit and healthy for human consumption.
“As far as we are concerned, it will cause harm to your body.
“We urged our people living in Morata to refrain from catching fish from the ponds.”
Engineering manager Paul Ambane said Eda Ranu was committed to ensuring that wastes dis-charged into the environment after treatment met international safety standards and were environmentally-friendly.
“We make sure the waste water we discharge into the environment meets international standards for discharging into the environment,” he said.
“We are not only providing water supply and sewerage services, but we also treat waste water that is being produced in the city.”
Ambane said there were certain specifications in terms of chemical components that needed to be measured and specified before being released into the environment.
“Every year, we receive permits to discharge waste from the Conservation and Environment Pro-tection Authority,” he said.
“The waste water that we discharge into the environment after treatment is neither harmful to the environment nor a health hazard to our people.
“They are of acceptable standards for discharge and that is one of our key objectives.”