AfriForum performs further water tests in GMM
AfriForum tested water in various towns of Mpumalanga as part of their ongoing water quality campaign.
AfriForum recently performed further water tests in the greater Mpumalanga area.
The water in eMalahleni, Middelburg, Delmas, Secunda, Standerton, Bethal, Trichardt, Kinross, Evander, Charl Cilliers, Kriel, Greylingstad, Morgenzon and Balfour was tested in May to ascertain the quality of these towns’ drinking water and sewage.
“We established that the drinking water in the province is clean and contains no heavy metals, while bacteria levels adhere to applicable standards.
“However, AfriForum will test the water quality continuously to protect the constitutional rights of the residents of these towns to ensure they are provided with clean drinking water,” said Mr Hillel Coetzer, AfriForum’s regional coordinator for Mpumalanga West.
The civil rights organisation expressed concerns that the sewage does not adhere to set standards in Standerton, Morgenzon, Balfour, Bethal and Middelburg.
“We must give attention to the sewage plants.
“We cannot allow unfit municipal officers to pollute our water resources and we plan to take action in terms of the mandate given to us by residents.”
AfriForum’s national Blue and Green Drop Project focuses on the quality of the drinking water and sewage plants of towns.
The project does not necessarily focus on the condition of the sewage plant itself, but rather on the quality of the water released after the cleaning process.
“We ask residents to give AfriForum the mandate to continuously monitor their towns’ water quality.”
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