from Te Upoko o te Ika
A marine biologist says the Moa Point sewage spill has the potential to be a large ecological disaster that would take many years to reverse.
About 70 million litres of untreated sewage is pouring into Cook Strait every day following catastrophic flooding at Moa Point sewage treatment plant, with Wellington Water unable to say how long it would continue and the public warned to stay away.
Victoria University’s senior lecturer in marine biology, Dr Christopher Cornwall, said he was “very concerned” about the impacts for marine life, which included paua, kina, crayfish and various fin fish.