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ESTATE NEWS
Pollution can be one of the issues handled workshop areas and irrigation systems) environment. For example, you will have
as a priority, especially water pollution – - Waste disposal of solid and liquid noticed the masses of white butterflies
sewage, hornwort, etc. wastes, for instance – these need correct travelling all across the countryside: they
disposal. Also, waste disposal of sumps need veldt grasses and specific plants
This would entail investigating the causes at the workshop area and club – oil and to rest on, and if we remove the grasses
of water pollution and finding ways to deal petrol from our environment, we run the risk
with it. The following areas would need to - Water usage and discharges (run-off of destroying important elements in our
be considered: from waste storage or spills from sewage ecosystem.
- Air emissions (dust from the storage, systems, possible enlargement of water
treatment and movement of waste – storage – prompting the need for water Join one of the proposed working groups,
workshop areas near the stream) tanks for each property on the estate) so you can play a part in helping us find the
- Land contamination (accidental spills perfect balance between man and nature
of solvents and oils – workshop areas, We would need to consider the influence here at Silver Lakes.
building sites and roads) of each of the above elements on the
- Noise and odour pollution (vehicle waterways and on the estate. These are Contact Walters Noordman,
movement, waste handling, storing, the ecological areas marked on the map; Silver Lakes Operations Manager
transporting – club and workshop area, they include the fauna and flora in these operations@silverlakes.co.za
residences, sewage) natural areas.
- Energy usage (poorly maintained
machinery, inefficient procedures and These areas serve as stepping stones • Corlia Mathews has a BL Arch – Ecology
motors, investigating solar for club and for the endemic species of the Tshwane qualification
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