Taps have run dry in Omaheke’s regional capital Gobabis, pushing the municipality into dusk-to-dawn water rationing to balance demands. The dwindling water levels at the Otjivero Dam has left Gobabis in a precarious situation. Operated by the country’s water utility NamWater, this dam is the main water source for the town and the settlement of...
The lack of water is being felt almost nationwide. Due to poor rainfall in the catchments, Gobabis residents will now experience water rationing. This has affected water sources like Otjivero Dam, which supplies water to Gobabis. The municipality and NamWater have been left with no other choice but to control the water supply, starting on...
Residents of Grunau Settlement in the ||Kharas Region now have uninterrupted access to water, thanks to the NamWater Reservoir. Before, residents had been subjected to a mandatory rationing of water for years. Water was rationed between half past seven in the morning and nine o’clock in the morning. The water shortages at the settlement, which...
