Water-constrained Gauteng may see an acid mine drainage (AMD) quick-fix in order to save the fresh water from the Lesotho Highlands Water Project from being wasted on AMD dilution instead of being available to the economy, environmental adviser Dr Anthony Turton said on Wednesday. Delivering the keynote address to an audience of academics, students and environmental managers – and including former De Beers luminary Nicky Oppenheimer and Tuesday’s keynote speaker Dr Mangosuthu Buthelezi – at the second day of the Oppenheimer De Beers Group Research Conference, Turton drew attention to State failure in the water sector and forecast that pockets of the water value chain would be privatised while water itself remained a State responsibility.
Source: www.engineeringnews.co.za
Acid mine water quick-fix possible as water deficit looms, Oppenheimer, De Beers told
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