Water Rhapsody » Vaal River http://www.waterrhapsody.co.za est. 1994 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:46:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Carte Blanche story on Acid Mine Drainage http://www.waterrhapsody.co.za/2010/08/03/carte-blanche-story-on-acid-mine-drainage/ http://www.waterrhapsody.co.za/2010/08/03/carte-blanche-story-on-acid-mine-drainage/#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:55:35 +0000 admin http://www.waterrhapsody.co.za/?p=1196 For those of you like me that missed Sunday’s Carte Blanche story on Acid Mine Drainage, herewith the transcript as recorded on Water Rhapsody franchisee Donovan Reid’s site :

A bitter paradox is unfolding in the economic heartland of South Africa: we’re short of water to drink; we are also running out of gold. [...]]]> http://www.waterrhapsody.co.za/2010/08/03/carte-blanche-story-on-acid-mine-drainage/feed/ 0 You are not serious about drinking water from the Vaal river? http://www.waterrhapsody.co.za/2009/07/06/you-are-not-serious-about-drinking-water-from-the-vaal-river/ http://www.waterrhapsody.co.za/2009/07/06/you-are-not-serious-about-drinking-water-from-the-vaal-river/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:39:32 +0000 admin http://water-rhapsody.co.za/?p=211

Sewage as well as animal blood and offcuts are apparently being dumped into the Vaal River, The Weekender reported on Saturday.

An abbatoir in Frankfort was pumping animal blood and offcuts into its evaporation dam which was in turn seeping into the Vaal River, Freedom Front Plus Mafube municipality councillor Peter van [...]]]> http://www.waterrhapsody.co.za/2009/07/06/you-are-not-serious-about-drinking-water-from-the-vaal-river/feed/ 0