Customize Consent Preferences

We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions. You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below.

The cookies that are categorized as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site. ... 

Always Active

Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.

No cookies to display.

Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.

No cookies to display.

Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

No cookies to display.

Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.

No cookies to display.

Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.

No cookies to display.

Banner Left
Banner Right

NamWater primes the pumps

NamWater primes the pumps

IN an effort to avert water crises in Windhoek and in other parts of central Namibia, NamWater has improved the reliability of the water supply to the capital as well as to other bulk water customers in the region.

Yesterday NamWater’s Manager for Corporate Affairs Johannes Shigwedha announced that in May the parastatal had completed a N$36 million project aimed at improving the reliability of supply to Windhoek and other central areas. The project, said Shigwedha, entailed the upgrading of the pumping facility from the Swakoppoort Dam to the Von Bach Dam to a capacity of 4,10 million m3/annum or the equivalent of 380 litre/second.In addition, an independent pumping facility to the Okangava Reservoir, feeding the Navachab Gold Mine and Karibib, had been installed.”Provision was also made for supplying water directly from the Von Bach Dam near Okahandja to Karibib and the Navachab Gold Mine in the event that insufficient water was available in the Swakoppoort Dam,” said Shigwedha.He added that this had not been possible previously.Meanwhile, NamWater reported in their latest bulletin that the Goreangab Dam on the outskirts of Windhoek was still the reservoir in the country with the highest percentage of water.At present the dam is officially recorded as 100,3 per cent full while last season it only stood at 10,3 per cent.The level of the Von Bach Dam is 45,7 per cent, better than it’s 26,9 of last season, while the Daan Viljoen Dam, in the Windhoek district, is at only 3,7 per cent of its capacity.The Hardap Dam outside Mariental stands at 44,9 per cent, slightly lower than it’s 51,0 of last season.The Bondels Dam, Omaruru Delta Dam and the Omatjenne Dam are empty.The project, said Shigwedha, entailed the upgrading of the pumping facility from the Swakoppoort Dam to the Von Bach Dam to a capacity of 4,10 million m3/annum or the equivalent of 380 litre/second.In addition, an independent pumping facility to the Okangava Reservoir, feeding the Navachab Gold Mine and Karibib, had been installed.”Provision was also made for supplying water directly from the Von Bach Dam near Okahandja to Karibib and the Navachab Gold Mine in the event that insufficient water was available in the Swakoppoort Dam,” said Shigwedha.He added that this had not been possible previously.Meanwhile, NamWater reported in their latest bulletin that the Goreangab Dam on the outskirts of Windhoek was still the reservoir in the country with the highest percentage of water.At present the dam is officially recorded as 100,3 per cent full while last season it only stood at 10,3 per cent.The level of the Von Bach Dam is 45,7 per cent, better than it’s 26,9 of last season, while the Daan Viljoen Dam, in the Windhoek district, is at only 3,7 per cent of its capacity.The Hardap Dam outside Mariental stands at 44,9 per cent, slightly lower than it’s 51,0 of last season.The Bondels Dam, Omaruru Delta Dam and the Omatjenne Dam are empty.

Stay informed with The Namibian – your source for credible journalism. Get in-depth reporting and opinions for only N$85 a month. Invest in journalism, invest in democracy –
Subscribe Now!

Latest News