The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) says the owner of the three dams that burst their banks in Riverlands this month could face jail time, Cape {town} Etc reports.
The Department of Water and Sanitation says the owner of the three dams that burst their banks in Riverlands this month could face jail time,earlier this month, flooding homes, destroying water infrastructure and halting electricity supply in parts of Riverlands, Chatsworth and Dassenberg outside Malmesbury.
‘The evacuation was necessitated following work that the DWS was doing at the fourth dam,’ Swartland Municipality said in a ‘At this stage, the department is not able to confirm ownership until the preliminary investigation is complete.’Municipality spokesperson Mart-Marie Haasbroek said the municipality was ‘eagerly awaiting’ the DWS’ report, adding that it will ‘hold all relevant departments responsible to play their part, as is their legal responsibility’.
In addition to compliance certificates, the dam owner must also conduct maintenance, and the DWS should be notified of any major alterations ‘so that the department can satisfy itself that the work will be carried out by a registered engineer with knowledge and experience in dam engineering’.
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