Gauteng residents may have to put up with the 'big stink' until Saturday.
This is according to Gauteng Weather, which alerted residents to a strong stench blowing in from Mpumalanga.
“Big stink returns to Gauteng due to winds blowing in from Mpumalanga. Unhealthy air quality for sensitive groups until Saturday,” it said.The city woke up to a similar stench early last year. , that was likely due to elevated levels of hydrogen sulphide and sulphur dioxide from a Sasol plant in Mpumalanga.
After inspection, it was found the release of sulphur dioxide and hydrogen sulphide from the Sasol plant were within the approved limits of the Atmospheric Emission Licence issued to them by the Gert Sibanda Municipality on April 23 2019. “The World Health Organization recommends that hydrogen sulphide concentrations should not exceed 5.02 parts per billion within a 30-minute averaging period to avoid substantial complaints about odour annoyance among the exposed population,” said the department at the time.
“There was also a low-pressure system in the north of the Mozambique Channel that gave rise to a rather uncommon circulation pattern over the region. These conditions created prevailing south-easterly winds that allowed for transportation of air pollution from the Mpumalanga industrial region into Gauteng, particularly over the cities of Ekurhuleni, Johannesburg and Pretoria.
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