Information on whether the Department of Water Affairs will implement recommendations about how to remedy the problems associated with acid mine drainage in the Witwatersrand gold fields.

On your website (http://www.dwaf.gov.za/Documents/RSP.aspx), there is a report entitled “ACID Mine Drainage Report - 24 February 2011.” This report makes 8 recommendations about how to manage the problems associated with acid mine drainage in the Witwatersrand gold fields.

We request records, policies, procedures, directives, documents, or other information related to:

1) Whether your office accepts the report’s recommendations;
2) Steps your department has taken to implement the report’s recommendations;
3) Steps your department plans to take in the future to implement the report’s recommendations;