Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) From Vanchem To The Oliphant River

Description

What: Acid Mine Drainage from Vanchem steel and vanaduim factory that flows down to the oliphant river tributary.
Where: schoonlandDr,kwaguqa,Emalahleni,Nkangala district, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Impact: The Acid Mine Drainage from Vanchem brings harm to every aquatic life near the stream and also destroys our land with pyrite. The acid from the industry is flowing through a pipe which takes the dirt straight to the stream. It makes the base of the soil loo white and destroys all living creatures in the water.
Other comments: The way they Acid is being discharged is visible where the pipes end and it then flows through a ditch which is not suspected where it leads.



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