Cradle River pollution

  2023/07/18  11h27  Blougat where it flows under the N14.  A sewage smell is present on the bridge.  A complaint has been lodged on the Mogale WhatsApp line for the N14/Blougat bridge.

  Bergland. 2023/07/18 11h06. Water level about normal.  Visibility staying poor, can’t see bed.  Water has a dark greyish/green tint to it.  Not much smell.  Very little foam present. Gassing taking place. Seen blots of oil on the water surface.

 2023/07/18 10h26. Delportan, the manhole that usually overflows isn’t and the ground has dried.  Rehabilitation still needs to be done. The next one also dry.  But nothing has been rehabilitated as yet. Looking into one of the open manholes one can see the swirling waste part of the way up the inside of the manhole.  From my opinion this pipeline is carrying maximum capacity at the moment. The actual location of the sewage trucks dumping their loads.  The area is deteriorating and from my opinion it is only a matter of time before trucks get stuck in the sewage mud or cause the manhole to collapse.  The splash over is ongoing and is flowing out through the back fence and down the side of the ravine into the Blougat Spruit.  This was reported on the Mogale WhatsApp number.

 AMD 2023/07/18  09h24 The outflow is slowing reducing but still increased compared to a year ago.

  2023/07/06 15h59  Buffelskop. Low Water Bridge (Thanks Rabie)

Discoloured water and foam present on the Blaauwbank Spruit at the Danielsrust road on the 4th July 2023 at 08h47.

  Foam on the Blaauwbank Spruit on the 4th July 2023 at 08h10, upstream from Kloofzicht Lodge

  Bergland. 2023/07/03 17:30. Water level about normal.  Visibility staying poor, can’t see bed.  Water has a dark greyish colour to it.  Strongish smell.  Not much foam present. Gassing taking place.

  3rd July 2023. 17h14. Delportan manhole, although not overflowing now it would appear that it is intermittently overflowing from the puddles of water next to it.  Any overflow goes down the side of the ravine into the Blougat Spruit.

  26th June 2023 11h15.  Delportan, manhole on the man sewer line to Percy Stewart waste water treatment works overflowing again.  The overflow goes down the side of the ravine and into the Blougat Spruit.  Was reported to Mogale Municipality.