Lesotho: Is Construction At the Lesotho Highlands Water Project Polluting Rivers?

The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority will refer suspected pollution for testing

• A contractor responsible for work on the Lesotho Highlands Water Project was suspended for 18 days last year for dumping acidic and oily wastewater into nearby rivers and the Katse reservoir.
• Now residents along the Sekoai River near a construction site are reporting seeing suspected pollution in the waterways.
• The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority says it will refer evidence of suspected pollution to the…