JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Although acid mine drainage (AMD) in the Witwatersrand basin is the result of a legacy of environmental mismanagement of water resources by mines and lax enforcement of regulations by government, these role-players are working to constructively address this problem, says Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) senior manager Marius Keet.
Government must intervene in Blyvoor water crisis
A well-known environmentalist has called on government to intervene in the ongoing water issue at Blyvoor.
Appoint a Water Tribunal!
In Mpumalanga the Escarpment Environmental Protection Group (EEPOG) and the Wonderfontein Community Organisation have applied to the Pretoria High Court for an order to reinstitute the Water Tribunal.
Communities left up the creek with dirty water
The Klip River brings disease but, like many other water sources, it is still not being tested.
‘Bekyk waterwese-amptenare’
Die Federasie vir ‘n Volhoubare Omgewing (FO) het ‘n beroep op die Groen Skerpioene gedoen om ondersoek in te stel na die bestuur en monitering van suur mynwater aan die Witwatersrand.
Myne in 41 riviere in SA bedryf
Die departement van water en sanitasie het die afgelope drie jaar toegelaat dat mynhuise in 41 riviere, tien vleie en drie panne vir hoofsaaklik steenkool in Mpumalanga myn. Dit wek koommer dat dit toegelaat word.
DA: water levy aims at soft-target taxpayers
Acid Water: Treating mine-polluted drainage will cost billions. But government and mine owners to pay only 10% of cost.
OB genader oor myne wat mors met water
Daar is nou 48 myne in die land sonder waterlisensies. “Die name van ’n klomp myne wat ernstige omgewingsoortredings begaan het en jare sonder ’n waterlisensie gemyn het, het skielik van die lys verdwyn. Is hul sondes nou vergewe?”
“Fracking threatens our water resources” 64% vote yes
‘Fracking threatens our water resources’: This was the topic in the third of WWF and SAfm’s Decisive Debate series.
Water Pollution Near Mines Prompts South African Ombudsman Probe
South Africa’s anti-corruption ombudsman has begun a probe into water pollution allegedly caused by mining companies.The inquiry by the Public Protector is in its early stages, spokesman Oupa Segalwe said by e-mail.“The investigation has to do with alleged pollution of water as a result of mining operations in a number of provinces,” Segalwe said. By […]