Response by Dr Sean Phillips, the DG of the DWS, to concerns raised by the FSE
Dr Sean Phillips provides a response on the ongoing sewage pollution in Wonderfonteinspruit.
FSE’s report on the ongoing sewage pollution – Wonderfonteinspruit, Vaal Barrage and Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site
“According to the National Water and Sanitation Master Plan (2018) 56% of waste water treatment works and 44% of water treatment works are in a poor or critical condition. 11% are dysfunctional…” Full report attached below.
A dam mess | Carte Blanche
Interview with FSE on State of South Africa’s Water on World Water Day (22nd March 2022) – Newzroom Africa
Rand Water’s progress reports in addressing the sewage pollution of the Vaal and the FSE’s comments
FSE’S COMMENTS ON THE VAAL INTERVENTION PLAN The FSE is a member of the Vaal Intervention Steering Committee. The first attached Report was presented during a meeting with the Deputy Minister (DM) of Water and Sanitation, DM Mahlobo to the Vaal Intervention Steering Committee on the 4th of February 2022 during the Section 63 Stakeholder Engagement […]
Declare South Africa’s wastewater treatment a national disaster, urges SAHRC | Daily Maverick
“The Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has had its eye on Tshwane for a while. In 2019, the water in Hammanskraal — long a stretch of township serviced by Snyman’s Rooiwal plant — was declared unfit for human consumption by the Commission, based on findings by the CSIR.” – Angus Begg (Daily Maverick). Read the full […]
FSE’s summary of recent engagements with Minister of Water and Sanitation with supporting documents
INTRODUCTION: The SAHRC Report on the Gauteng Provincial Inquiry into the sewage pollution of the City of Tswane Rivers and the Roodeplaat Dam (26 October 2021) recommends that the situation regarding failing Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTWs) in South Africa and its subsequent pollution of South Africa’s water resources be declared a national disaster. Please refer […]
SAHRC Report on Sewage Pollution of the City of Tshwane Rivers
Report can be viewed and downloaded below.
Total lack of accountability as South Africa’s rivers choke on waste | Daily Maverick
Original article can be read here. Article written by Angus Begg There are 52 million E. coli counts per 100ml water within the Kaalspruit, one of the sources of the significant Hennops River in Gauteng. The acceptable limit is 400 to 600 counts — without the millions. Originating in Tembisa, the Kaalspruit is at its […]