$130 Million Water Project for Namibia

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$130 Million Water Project for Namibia

The Minister of Agriculture in Otjimbingwe Launched Valuable Project - Rural Water Supply

The Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, John Mutorwa, launched a N$130 million rural water supply project at Otjimbingwe in the Erongo Region last week.

The project will see Otjimbingwe residents and nearby settlements receive clean and safe water within the next 18 months. The project is expected to supply water to Otjimbingwe from the Swakoppoort Dam via the Karibib water treatment plant. However in order to accommodate future water needs the project is designed to have the capacity to supply neighbouring resettlement farms such as Tsaobismund, Kunibes, Kurikaub Nord and Kurikaub Sud. The communities initiated this project after realization of the threat to their underground water sources that cannot meet existing demands. The current groundwater sources will not be able to cope with future demand as a result of infrequent recharge and over-abstraction in the aquifer. Currently a significant number of rural farming posts are not supplied with water.The conditions of the boreholes and borehole installations are poor and are some are not operational as well. The project is a joint undertaking of the ministry and the water utility, NamWater, and will be constructed under the auspices of NamWater by China Jiangxi International and supervised by Windhoek Consulting Engineers. According to Mutorwa, Namibia will be judged globally next year on how it has achieved the Millennium Development Goals to halve the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation by 2015. Source: All Africa

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