Why Boksburg Lake Turned Red: Acid Mine Drainage Confirmed as Cause – The Mail & Guardian

Why Boksburg Lake turned red: Acid mine drainage confirmed as cause – The Mail & Guardian

The reason the Boksburg Lake on Gauteng’s East Rand has turned a startling rusty red is because toxic acid mine drainage (AMD) is seeping into the waterway from the Central mining Basin. This was confirmed by the state-owned Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA), which said on Monday that the decant associated with the Central Basin has affected the water quality in the Boksburg Lake. An AMD decant happens when the acidic mine water “daylights” …

Central Basin Decant Affects Boksburg Lake - Infrastructure news

Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA) announced that the decant associated with the Central Basin has affected the water quality in Boksburg Lake. TCTA operates and maintains three Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) plants within three basins on behalf of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS). These comprise the Western Basin (Randfontein), the Eastern Basin (Springs) and the Central Basin (Germiston). The objective of these plants is to treat the …