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Task 2 Water Management and Pollution Almost all tailings dam failures introduce long-term contamination. The Merriespruit tailings dam disaster is no different, in fact, it has been recorded as one of the worst tailings dam failure incidents in history. When large volumes of slurry (toxic in most cases) are released, they pose a serious threat to water quality (river systems and groundwater). Toxic chemicals find their way to the dams that are used for water supply, and that calls for costlier water treatment processes. Reflect on the water quality (pre-disaster and post-disaster) in Merriespruit. Outline and discuss contaminants that were found and solutions that were employed to treat the water after the inci (if any special measures where followed). How was the issue of water quality solved in Merriespruit? The word count for this question should be 1500 words (+/- 10%).