Part 2 - Eskom
Part 2 - Eskom
Part 2 - Eskom
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING REPORT FOR THE PROPOSED 40MW OPEN CYCLE GAS TURBINE POWER PLANT IN THE AMERSFOORT AREA, MPUMALANGA<br />
Bohlweki-SSI Environmental<br />
ISSUE AREA OF POTENTIAL IMPACT RECOMMENDATIONS<br />
undertaken for the study area will completed in the<br />
EIA phase.<br />
Hydrology The potential impacts on hydrology include:<br />
• possible flooding;<br />
• possible pollution from station activities;<br />
• increased runoff from disturbed areas and<br />
infrastructure;<br />
• generation and transport of domestic and industrial<br />
waste;<br />
• water supply demands of environment and other<br />
water;<br />
• The volume of groundwater lost during the mining<br />
process (in terms of a water use);<br />
• The likely chemistry of the water [void] post mining<br />
as it may be contentious to assume it can be<br />
leached until equivalent to the pre-mining water<br />
quality.<br />
• The possible impacts associated with<br />
ground/overburden collapse should this occur, both<br />
in terms of yield impacts and future decant points,<br />
time to decant and quality of decant. Possible post<br />
mining water treatment may need to be considered<br />
and budgeted for.<br />
• If the surface is to contain waste (liquid or solid)<br />
during or post mining through related activities,<br />
then detail on water management of these<br />
structures will be required.<br />
A peer review of the hydrology study undertaken<br />
for selected farms in the study area will be<br />
completed in the EIA phase. Furthermore a water<br />
monitoring grid has been established around the<br />
Majuba Power Station and a hydrological model<br />
will be studied in the EIA phase.<br />
E02.JNB.000308<br />
ESKOM HOLDINGS LIMITED<br />
01<br />
98<br />
08/10/2009