SUMMARY OF LEGAL PROCESS SINCE 2018
SUMMARY OF LEGAL PROCESS SINCE 2018 BACKGROUND SAVE had 6 high court orders against ELM dating ack to 2008. Some of these orders were specific incidents of sewage spillage and were dealt with by ELM. [...]
CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT – 30th MARCH 2023
CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT YEAR ENDED 30TH MARCH 2023 Sewage pollution of Vaal Dam and the Vaal River by the Metsimaholo and Emfuleni Municipalities’ waste water treatment systems remain the biggest threat to the Vaal area [...]
WATER LETTUCE – A CRISIS | UPDATE ON LITIGATION
A NATIONAL CRISIS The water lettuce and hyacinth infestation has ‘carpeted’ vast areas of the beautiful Vaal River. These noxious weeds thrive on high nutrient levels in water, deplete oxygen and cause harm to aquatic [...]
VAAL RIVER LETTUCE DISASTER
UPPER VAAL RIVER TO BARRAGE AND TRIBUTES WATER LETTUCE DISASTER The explosion of Water Lettuce (Pistia Stratiotes) and water hyacinth on the Vaal River immediately upstream of the Barrage. They first alerted all relevant authorities [...]