The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is launching a public National Pollution Register this week to disclose enforcement actions taken against non-compliant companies, municipalities, and other entities.
The register will give the public access to information on entities that have been issued with directives, convicted of pollution-related offences, or ordered by courts to pay damages arising from water pollution.
Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation Dr Jack Bloom will ahead of the launch visit two sites that demonstrate how pollution upstream can have consequences for the water available to communities downstream.
These sites are among the culprits responsible for polluting Hartbeespoort Dam.
The oversight visits will be followed by the official launch of the National Pollution Register, including a demonstration of how the public can use it
