These chemicals are harmful in many ways: they kill fish, disrupt plant growth and ... One of the hotspots we identified was South Africa’s Vaal River, where industrial effluents were ...
The Vaal Dam — the H₂O lifeblood of Gauteng ... “In Namibia, irrigation water supply from the Hardap Dam on the Fish River ...
Construction of a second Vaal Dam could be postponed indefinitely as a result ... and certainly will not pollute water sources and will allow fish to thrive. The standards in Zimbabwe were set to at ...
Every week seems to bring a new report about where “forever chemicals” have been found: in soil, drinking water, our bodies ...
When I was a lightie I was amused by silly, non-existent books: Rusty Bedsprings by I.P. Knightly, Under the Grandstand by Seymour Butts, Seven Days in the Saddle by Major Bumsore. In November I spent ...
In the 17th century the Fish River was the boundary between the Kafirs and the ... some in the Orange River Colony and others in the country north of the Vaal River. In 1852, under the Sand River ...
VANDERBIJLPARK. – The Vaal River Community celebrated the festive season in style on Sunday, December 15, with an action-packed event, “Celebrating Father Christmas’s on the Vaal River.” ...
The Vaal Dam’s water level has plummeted by 15.5 percentage points over just 11 weeks, with an expert weighing in on what the future may hold for the dam. Forming an essential part of the ...
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"To solve the problem, the Rand Water Board [the utility responsible for supplying the industrialising South African highveld with water] looked to the waters of the distant Vaal river, completing an ...
As the water level of the Vaal dam nears the critical 18% mark, preparations are under way to release water from the back-up Sterkfontein dam to augment water supply for Gauteng and surrounding ...
Read more: Water crisis in South Africa: damning report finds 46% contamination, 67% of treatment works near to breaking down One of the hotspots we identified was South Africa’s Vaal River ...