(1) Whether, with regard to the ongoing non-functioning waste water treatment plants in the towns of eMbalenhle, Leandra and Bethal in the Govan Mbeki Local Municipality in Mpumalanga, her department has taken any steps in line with the National Water Act, Act 36 of 1998, against the specified municipality for polluting the environment as a result of continuous sewerage spills; if not, why not; if so, in each case, what are the (a) relevant details of the specified action and (b) dates on which the specified action was taken; (2) what is the extent of the damage to the environment and particularly the effect on the Vaal River system which the streams from these waste water plants flow into; (3) what health hazards have the communities of the specified towns been exposed to as a result of the close proximity of residential settlements to the specified plants?