Old pipes swallow half Namibia’s water
Namibia loses more than 50% of its water during supply because of ageing infrastructure and evaporation. Minister of agriculture, fisheries, water and land reform Inge Zaamwani says the country cannot afford to lose so much water when farmers are already struggling with water shortages due to worsening drought conditions. “50% of the water that we put in our pipeline to supply our community gets lost because the infrastructure is aged or because of the heat that actually takes the water away from the canals. It is not fair that we are already a water-stressed country and more than 50% of