Sewage flooded the streets near Klipfontein Dam. On Monday, October 8, WITBANK NEWS was made aware of a big problem.
Sewage is running down the streets into the Klipfontein dam.
The sewage problem at Klipfontein Dam.
“This is very unhygienic and the smell is terrible,” one of the residents that stay near Klipfontein Dam explained.
WITBANK NEWS contacted the Emalahleni Local Municipality about this problem.
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“Oh no, I have alerted the teams,” said municipal spokesperson, Mr Kingdom Mabuza.
Raw sewage damage can have severely negative effects on those who become exposed to it. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), an average of 7 million people a year suffers from illnesses caused by exposure to raw sewage.
Of those seven million, 7% became severely or fatally ill. Though some illnesses is caused due to the fact that raw sewage can be found in drinking water, a majority of the cases stem from sewage or dirty water damage exposure.
Domestic sewage is a problem because it contains a wide variety of dissolved and suspended impurities such as organic materials and plant nutrients that tend to rot. The main organic materials are food and vegetable wastes.
Plant nutrients comes from chemical soaps and washing powders. Domestic sewage is also very likely to contain disease-causing microbes. When sewage enters a lake or stream microorganisms begin to decompose the organic materials.
The sewage problem at Klipfontein Dam.
WITBANK NEWS reached out to the local municipality on Tuesday, October 9, to confirm whether the sewage problem has been dealt with but no response had been received before the time of publication.
