In a written directive sent to UPL regional head Marcel Dreyer on 18 October, the Department of Water and Sanitation cautioned that, if convicted, company representatives could be jailed for five years for water pollution offences.Failure to take reasonable measures to contain or prevent a situation which causes pollution of the water resource
Zwane said one of the big worries was how to deal with thousands of litres of pesticide-contaminated water currently stored by UPL in a makeshift pollution control dam located near the company's fire-gutted warehouse in Cornubia.