Ifafi, sewage problems continues at Hartebeespoort dam
March 2, 2010 | 
Author As you all know our fishing trips planned for the weekend of 20 and 21 February didn’t really go according to plan! Our trip to Rietvlei dam was a disaster and our trip to Ifafi quickly turned into a NO-GO when we read about the sewage problem that was yet again (or should I say – STILL) posing a huge health hazard! Sewage ran from the road into stormwater pipes, into Hartebeespoort dam between Melodie and Ifafi. The sewage pump at Ifafi have apparently been removed in November 2009 and wasn’t replaced since, the same is true for the sewage works at Rietfontein and Venice Village. According to the Kormorant an additional problem is that the water quality tests were not performed according to legal requirements.
It is a real dissapointment that this issue is once again seeing the light of day, especially since resorts such as Ifafi and De Rust was starting to become the popular fishing destinations they once were!
Posted in Hartebeespoort Dam, North West Dams | 
Tags: De Rust, Hartebeespoort dam, Ifafi, Rietvlei Dam, Sewage
This type of thing (sewage into our dams and rivers) is becoming so common these days we don’t even take so much note anymore.
Here’s a wonderful website ( http://www.reservoir.co.za/ ) for the vaal system. Perhaps one can join a “group” like this and start protests for government to do something about our freshwater systems.
(This website has all sorts of wonderful and useful info regarding the vaal system, even dam levels.)
Thank you Theo.