9 April 2009

Legal process to stop river pollution

The Department of Water Affairs and Forestry hopes to meet with officials from the Local Municipality of Madibeng today regarding the pollution of the Crocodile River after substandard effluent has been released from the Brits Waste Water Treatment Plant into the river at intervals over the past two months. Read more .....

2 April 2009

Another overflowing manhole in wetland area

Further investigations into the problem with sewage on the Melodie shore of the Hartbeespoort Dam led to the discovery of another manhole overflowing in this wetland area last Thursday(26 March 2009). Read more ...

26 March 2009

Sewage spill: Madibeng passes the buck

Foreign objects in the sewage manhole in the veld between Melodie and Ifafi close to the shore of the Hartbeespoort Dam have been blamed for the sewage overflow into the Dam for at least three days earlier this week. Read more ...

26 March 2009 Editorial

A real crime

Kormorant is reporting once again on a sewage spill on the foreshore in Melodie where thousands of litres of raw sewage runs freely into the Dam every day. Read more ...

12 March 2009

Madibeng hit by cholera outbreak

Two people have died from cholera and six more are being treated for the disease at the Madibeng fire station in Brits. Eighteen more people are currently being treated for diarrhea and the North West Department of Health is awaiting test results that will determine whether these patients also suffer from cholera. Read more ...

6 March 2009

Effluent from treatment plant a cause for concern

Concerns have been raised over the past two months about the quality of the effluent released from the Crocodile River from the Brits Waste Water Treatment Plant. These concerns include that chlorine is not being added to the effluent before it is released and that this water is being used by farmer downstream to irrigate their vegetable crops. Read more ...

5 March 2009 Editorial

Sewage secrecy

The first indication of something being seriously wrong in a government body is when a veil of secrecy is being drawn around its activities and an embargo placed on communication with the media. Read  more ....

6 March 2009

Elke reënbui bring riool

Elke keer wanneer dit reën spoel riool in McIntyrestraat, Brits af en die inwoners is moedeloos. Wanneer die son weer skyn is die stank wat ontstaan van so aard dat die inwoners nie kan asemhaal haal of eet in hul eie huise nie. Lees meer ...

29 January 2009

Madibeng refutes claims of no chlorine

The Local Municipality of Madibeng this week refuted claims that they are not adding chlorine to the water released from the waste water treatment plant in Brits and said that chlorine is being added by hand at the Rietfontein plant as the dosing system is out of order. Read  more ...

22 January 2009

Sewage swamp on Dam shore

Another sewage spill of thousand of litres was discovered in the veld between Melodie and Ifafi where two sewage manholes are located close to the shore of the Hartbeespoort Dam. The spill was first discovered in December and since then it seems that the overflow of the manholes have continued, causing a swamp of sewage to form in the veld. Read more ...

22 January 2009 Editorial

Rioolpyne

Kormorant se lesers is al gewoond aan die voortdurende klagtes oor rioolstortings en die besoedelingsprobleme wat dit meebring. Maar dit maak nie saak hoe gewoond mens daaraan raak nie, dit bly ‘n ernstige saak wat opgelos móét word. Lees meer ...

Polluted rivulet needs urgent attention

Despite the fact that pollution levels of the rivulet, running through the Brits industrial area, are coming down it is a matter of urgency to determine exactly where the pollution originates and to monitor the situation on a regular basis. Read more ...

Daily sewage overflow into the Dam

After months of struggling to solve a sewage problem at the Schoemansville Oewer Club, the club management has told Kormorant that they are now very frustrated. Read more ...

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