Diesel spill contaminates Meul River after Transnet pipeline targeted

BizNews community member Emile de Beer chats to Michael Appel after he visited the site of a massive diesel spill caused by criminals tampering with Transnet's multi product pipeline outside Harrismith. De Beer, who owns filling stations in and around Harrismith in the Free State, knows the damage a diesel spill can do to the environment and is greatly concerned by the thousands, if not tens of thousands of litres of diesel that has seeped into the Meul River - a tributary of the Wilge River, that ultimately flows into the Vaal River. Transnet says the focus, over the next few days, will be on containment and recovery of the product, after which full rehabilitation of the area will commence. Transnet says it's unable to quantify the cost of the diesel spill at the moment or what exactly the environmental impact is going to be. It says repair teams have completed work to the block valve chamber and the pipeline was brought back into service on Wednesday evening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices