The situation is frightening, says an anonymous source who used to work at the department of water and sanitation
Levels at a treatment plant in Springs have now breached a critical environmental threshold
Broken abstraction pumps at the Eastern basin treatment plant mean that water supply may become contaminated, posing a serious threat
The state is saddled with the burden of treating acid water and polluters are escaping the responsibility
About 360 tonnes of salts are dissolved in the Vaal River system every day
