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Friday, September 7, 2012

Flooding Umfolozi Flows into St Lucia Estuary

St Lucia Estuary, to which many scientists in South Africa have been paying very close attention over the past year, has today been the recipient of excess water from the flooding Umfolozi River.
Channel providing Umfolozi River a way to enter estuary

 Since Spring 2011 conservationists have been trying to open the mouth of St Lucia estuary in order for the estuarine system to revert to as close to its natural state as possible. Earlier this year, after Tropical Cyclone Irina failed to re-open the estuary mouth, KZN Wildlife employed the use of earth moving equipment to dig a channel for the Umfolozi River to flow into the estuary during times of flood. Following a week of heavy rain throughout KZN, it is this channel through which today's deluge is feeding the estuary.


Archive photo: taken 8 July & provided by Dennis King
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