DWS launches Vaal anti-pollution forum
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is preparing to launch a new forum aimed at mitigating the years-long pollution impacting the Vaal river’s water quality. The Vaal River Anti-Pollution Forum, to be launched on October 3, will be a non-statutory forum comprising various stakeholders, particularly those directly affected by the declining water quality of the Vaal river from the Upper, Middle and Lower Vaal.