Acid mine spill in Mpumalanga will take years to fix - Toxic water in the Wilge River system from Thungela’s colliery is a ‘catastrophic event’
The toxic spill of millions of litres of acidic mine water from an old, disused coal mine shaft in Mpumalanga that wiped out tonnes of fish was a “severe and catastrophic event” for the Wilge River system and its aquatic life.
This is contained in the findings of a fish kill assessment report by aquatic scientist Jackie Dabrowski, which while focused on fish, described how “there would have been major associated impacts to macro-invertebrates and semi-aquatic species”.Subscribe to the M&G today for just R30 for the first three months* to gain access to this story and all our best journalism, subscriber-only newsletters, events and a weekly cryptic crossword.
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