Cesa says SA on ‘right track’ with acid mine drainage report

"Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan announced in February when he presented his Budget speech in parliament that R225-million had been set aside for dealing with AMD."..."The budget makes specific provision for short-term measures to bring the AMD situation under control and to avert short-term environmental and property impacts and risks."..."Further work to develop long-term technically feasible and financially viable approaches and solutions to the management of AMD were still being considered."..."Expanding on the problem in the Central basin, which is the largest, the report states that the water level has been rising at an average daily rate of 0,59-million litres since July 2009, varying seasonally between 0,3-million litres a day and 0,9-million litres a day. By the end of last year, the water was about 510 m below the surface."..."It is predicted that the rising water level will reach the surface by March 2013." Extracted from this Engineering News article [our highlighting]