SPYL prods govt to solve water woes
Water rationing frequent in northern areas
NamWater has admitted it is unable to meet total water demand for the four northern regions due to population and industrial growth.
Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) secretary Ephraim Nekongo has asked government to address the severe water challenges faced by northerners.
Nekongo was speaking to Swapo vice-president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and secretary-general Sophia Shaningwa at a SPYL central committee meeting on Friday at Ongwediva.
His request comes with many parts of the Oshikoto Region, particularly rural areas, fighting severe water shortages.
This has resulted in a lack of water available for both inhabitants and animals.
Threat to life
So dire is the situation that an individual reportedly died recently while collecting water from a well.
“Water is life. And one life lost is one too many. Please solve the water crisis in the Oshikoto Region before any more lives are lost,” Nekongo said.
He also encouraged councillors to make sure that drought relief packages reach their intended beneficiaries and implored councillors to demand more food aid for growing families.
“We appreciate that government has made efforts to ensure that no one should die from hunger through the drought relief programme. But a lot has to be done for larger families,” Nekongo said.
Not enough water
Namibia Water Corporation (NamWater) has announced it is unable to meet total water demand for the four northern regions due to population and industrial growth.
In a press statement, the corporation, through its chief strategy and corporate affairs officer, Kadiva Hamutumwa, explained that, as a result of failing to meet the demand, frequent water rationing has been implemented, resulting in critical water shortages.
As it stands, NamWater’s current supply stands at 51 600 cubic metres per day, totalling supply of 1.6 million cubic metres per month.
Meanwhile, the demand from the Oshakati water treatment plant in the Oshana Region to the three regions – Oshikoto, Omusati and Ohangwena – is 60 000 cubic metres per day, for a total monthly demand of 1.8 million cubic metres per month, resulting in daily and monthly deficits.
Nandi-Ndaitwah responded that government continues to work hard to ensure sufficient water for all.
Nekongo was speaking to Swapo vice-president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and secretary-general Sophia Shaningwa at a SPYL central committee meeting on Friday at Ongwediva.
His request comes with many parts of the Oshikoto Region, particularly rural areas, fighting severe water shortages.
This has resulted in a lack of water available for both inhabitants and animals.
Threat to life
So dire is the situation that an individual reportedly died recently while collecting water from a well.
“Water is life. And one life lost is one too many. Please solve the water crisis in the Oshikoto Region before any more lives are lost,” Nekongo said.
He also encouraged councillors to make sure that drought relief packages reach their intended beneficiaries and implored councillors to demand more food aid for growing families.
“We appreciate that government has made efforts to ensure that no one should die from hunger through the drought relief programme. But a lot has to be done for larger families,” Nekongo said.
Not enough water
Namibia Water Corporation (NamWater) has announced it is unable to meet total water demand for the four northern regions due to population and industrial growth.
In a press statement, the corporation, through its chief strategy and corporate affairs officer, Kadiva Hamutumwa, explained that, as a result of failing to meet the demand, frequent water rationing has been implemented, resulting in critical water shortages.
As it stands, NamWater’s current supply stands at 51 600 cubic metres per day, totalling supply of 1.6 million cubic metres per month.
Meanwhile, the demand from the Oshakati water treatment plant in the Oshana Region to the three regions – Oshikoto, Omusati and Ohangwena – is 60 000 cubic metres per day, for a total monthly demand of 1.8 million cubic metres per month, resulting in daily and monthly deficits.
Nandi-Ndaitwah responded that government continues to work hard to ensure sufficient water for all.
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