when there is no life in a river

[alpacinou]

I want to describe a situation when there is no life in a river. Can I use "bereft of life"?

Is this okay?

The river reeked of waste, it was brimming with effluent. It was bereft of life.

 

[emsr2d2]

It works for me. You need a semi-colon after "waste" instead of a comma. You've got a comma splice.

 

[tedmc]

It cannot sustain life.

The first sentence is a comma splice.