Grootfontein Mayor Talitha Garises has warned parents to always ensure that they know the whereabouts of their children, as many are said to be flocking to the town’s sewer ponds to swim. Garises cautioned that the children risk contracting waterborne diseases such as typhoid and cholera from swimming in the ponds. There have been cases...
On Dakar’s long Hann Bay beach, a lone figure with a shovel and wheelbarrow tirelessly picks up mounds of rubbish in such quantities that the task takes on an almost mythological air. The smell is acrid. A few metres from the man, a pipe carries a black mixture of household and factory wastewater into the...
The Municipality of Omaruru has resolved to address its 117-year-old sewerage system and get all its residential and business areas connected to the main sewerage line. Currently, residents are served by two trucks that collect sewerage waste throughout the day. Under the current financial year, the municipality has constructed a large sewerage pump station under...
The Municipality of Walvis Bay has added a state of the art combination sewer truck to its fleet of sewer trucks. The truck that cost N$6 million has a capacity of 12 500 litres. It will be used for cleaning and maintenance of sewer lines and pump stations around the town. It is the first...
Maria David A sewerage system is critical for achieving the goals of good sanitation,” said Minister of Urban and Rural Development Erastus Uutoni. He emphasized the importance of a sewerage system, as all the water used by the community has to flow back as sewage loaded with the waste of community living. Uutoni made these...
The Ongwediva Town Council has completed two sewer reticulation projects to improve sanitation. The first will ensure sewer reticulation at Extension 15, while the other will secure the same for the location, Sky Phase 1. Both projects, costing N$15.2 million, were officially inaugurated by the Urban and Rural Development Minister. Ongwediva Mayor Taarah Shalyefu says...