An exert from the article:
It's anticipated that clean-up operations, following a diesel spill of 42 000 litres on the Meiringspoort Pass near De Rust in the Little Karoo, most of which flowed into the Grootrivier mountain stream, will take two weeks.
On Tuesday, a tanker transporting diesel from Mossel Bay to Beaufort West overturned.
Eden District Municipality Disaster Management teams have installed filters at the waterfall in the poort in an effort to contain the diesel. Although some of the diesel got trapped in the sandy soil next to the road, about 35 000 litres is believed to have spilled into the river.
Link to full online article: https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/news...river-10823287
this is a rather gloom situation. do companies get fines for things like this and if so isnt it just a slap on the wrist as far as the environmental impact goes?
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