# Deputy minister of Water and Sanitation Jack Bloom has backed criminal charges against the City of Ekurhuleni and the Ekurhuleni Water Care Company in Gauteng over ongoing sewage pollution. The charges relate to the Hartebeestfontein wastewater treatment works and failure to comply with a directive issued under the National Water Act. Bloom says between January and September, treated wastewater met microbiological standards only 68-percent of the time, and chemical standards 61-percent of the time:
Deputy minister Bloom supports criminal charges over Ekurhuleni sewage pollution [SOUND]
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