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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>A truck carrying 30 000 litres of creosote termite poison travelling from South Africa recently overturned and spilled the poison into Murare River, a tributary of Odzi River.<\/p>\n

The accident has caused a major environmental hazard in Nyanyadzi\u2019s Gudyanga area and surrounding communities.<\/p>\n

The pesticide contaminated the water and subsequently killed livestock, fish and other aquatic animals.<\/p>\n

The Environment Management Agency (EMA) responded swiftly to the accident and issued a warning to the public to avoid using water from the river for drinking, irrigation, or recreation.<\/p>\n

EMA Manicaland provincial environment manager, Kingstone Chitotombe told The Manica Post that it will take several weeks to decontaminate the river and declare the water safe. He said:<\/p>\n

After pumping out the contaminated water, we scooped the contaminated soil into lined ponds and treated the soil.<\/p>\n

After treatment, we diverted the river flow so that it took a different route from the contaminated area.<\/p>\n

We bypassed the former river flow so that we minimise further contamination, and so far the water is flowing well and we are almost complete with the clean-up.<\/p>\n

We are currently monitoring the river channel as well as the water quality.<\/p>\n

We are also monitoring the area where we disposed of the contaminated water to see whether it will be affected or not.<\/p>\n

Another EMA official, Alfinos Rugara told The Manica Post that they used a tipper, a hazardous material response truck and excavators to scoop the contaminated water from the river bed. He said:<\/p>\n

At least 30 000 litres of creosote oil spilled into Murare River when the truck was involved in an accident at Murare Bridge recently.<\/p>\n

We acted immediately because Murare River feeds into Odzi River which also feeds into Save River. We issued warnings to the community to stop using the water.<\/p>\n

We ended up excavating and draining water from the river because we found that once the creosote oil gets into the water, it separates into three components.<\/p>\n

A part of the oil sticks to the river bed, another part remains on top of the water, while another component dissolves into the water.<\/p>\n

We managed to scoop the river surface until we removed the level that had oil and put it in the lined points.<\/p>\n

Three boreholes in the area were temporarily closed as they were close to the contaminated river.<\/p>\n

Villagers who spoke to The Manica Post said the poison killed some goats and thousands of fish, while their cattle now look sickly after drinking the poisoned water.<\/p>\n

According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Creosote is derived from the distillation of tar from wood or coal and is used as a wood preservative.<\/p>\n

Pesticide products containing creosote as the active ingredient are used to protect wood used outdoors (such as railroad ties and utility poles) against termites, fungi, mites and other pests.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. A truck carrying 30 000 litres of creosote termite poison travelling from South Africa recently overturned and spilled the poison into Murare River, a tributary of Odzi River. The accident has caused a major environmental hazard in Nyanyadzi\u2019s Gudyanga area and surrounding communities. 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