It was interesting.
We were treated to a lecture by Clive Tripkin. He's an expert on Johannesburg. My friend, Jens has one of his books. it's a pity that he didn't ever really get to speaking about the Jukskei though. It was nevertheless interesting to hear about spruits and such.
Chipkin seemed fascinated by the "spruits" he lived near to. He loves the braamies' spruit. My mate Jens says it's part of the Jukskei. Taht's all rather confusing to me.
Chipkin believes the Jukskei is a puddle. My friend, Neil said it was a mud puddle.
Jens bicycles near the river. He's training fro the 94-7 Highveld Cycle Challenge. He said the river is full of litter and there are homeless peopl near it. "It's rather sad" he said.
We then had a lecture from Dr Deanne Drake. She was very informative.
She told us about water quality studies etc.. It turns out many of the characteristics of the river like its pH levels are not as bad as she thought they would be. However, the ecoli levels are far greater than the World Health Organisation's 200 mark.
Next Paula Fray from IPS Africa (International Press Service Africa) gave us a lecture about reporting abotu water. It was quite itneresting.
Much of her tips seemed common sensical though.
Who knows, I might write a few pieces for IPS in future?
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