UPL says polluted water overflow diluted by heavy rains in KZN

Chemical company insists spill from control dam ‘extremely diluted’

Firefighters battled the blaze for 10 days after it gutted the warehouse and burnt thousands of tons of chemicals. Picture: THEO JAPHTA

The company’s warehouse in Cornubia, north of Durban, was set alight during the unrest in July 2021 resulting in the chemical disaster. “Testing had indicated that the recent levels of metals and contaminants of concern in the PCD were sufficiently low to permit a variety of discharge options, including slow release into the river environment,” said UPL spokesperson Japhet Ncube.

“In response to this threat, UPL had resumed extraction to tankers and the specialist team implemented systems to reduce the volume of rainwater entering the PCD. Despite these interventions, due to ongoing heavy rainfall the PCD still overtopped — water flowed over the edge.”

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