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21 Feb 2021 BERLIN, Germany

Water Scarce Environments Facilitate Interspecies Virus Transmissions

Areas with water shortages experiencing mass mixed species congregations are particularly vulnerable to pathogen transmission between species, according to new researchA study published this month in "Science of the Total Environment" identifies water resources as a main vector for mammalian virus transmissions...

8 Feb 2021 WINDHOEK

Pollution Risk Of Okavango Oil Drilling Projects

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has urged the Namibian government not to approve additional environmental impact assessments (EIAs) around Reconnaissance Energy Africa's exploration of the Okavango Basin until a holistic strategic environmental assessment (SEA) has been conducted and the full implications of exploration have been assessed...

8 Dec 2020 WINDHOEK

Namibia Will Auction 170 Elephants Due To Drought And Conflict With Humans

Namibia's Department of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism's advert in the New Era newspaper on Wednesday explains: "Due to drought and an increase in elephant numbers, coupled with human-elephant conflict incidences, a need has been identified to reduce these populations." According to reports Namibia is home to about 24,000 to 28,000 elephant...

1 Aug 2018 WINDHOEK

Mandatory Water Restrictions in Windhoek As Availability Declared Critical

Namibia's capital city municipal authorities on Tuesday declared that the water availability situation is critical and mandatory water restrictions will be implemented accordingly in Windhoek as of Aug. 1. According to the municipality in a statement, the announcement recently made by the country's water supplier, NamWater indicated that the inflow in the dams for the past rainy season amounted to only about 24...

23 Sep 2016 WINDHOEK, Namibia

Namibia Announced First Water Advisory Council Members

Namibian Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, John Mutorwa this week announced nine of the 11 members of the country’s first ever Water Advisory Council.The council members appointed so far include Khomas Rural Constituency Councillor Penina Inga Ita and Okorukambe Constituency Councillor Raphael Mokaleng, both nominated by the Association of Regional Councils of Namibia (ARCN); Oshakati Mayor Katrina Shimbulu and Windhoek Mayor Muesee Kazapua, representing the Association of Local Authorities in Namibia (ALAN); Onni Ithete, representing water service providers; Betty Muyatwa, representing basin management authorities; Namibia Agronomic Producers Organization Chair Gernot Eggert; Lapitomhinda Hashingola, representing the commercial sector; and Dr...

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14 Jul 2016 MASERU, Lesotho

USAID, Partners Fund Water Management System in Southern Africa

The US Agency for International Development (USAID), together with other development partners, has mobilized $2 million USD to set up an integrated water management system in southern Africa.USAID launched the Ecosystem Approach Framework for Integrated Water Resources Management earlier this month in Lesotho, South Africa, Namibia and Botswana as an ongoing trans-boundary and interstate water management system for all countries in the Orange-Senqu River basin...

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23 Feb 2016 ALEXANDRIA, VA, United States

OOSKAnews Voices: Real-Time Precipitation Estimates in Data-Sparse Regions

OOSKAnews Voices is a new series of guest “opinion columns” on water, written by senior participants in different parts of the international water community. The columns provide a global platform for organizations and individuals to promulgate their views and messages.In this piece, William S Logan, PhD, Deputy Director of the International Center for Integrated Water Resources Management (ICIWaRM), discusses the tools being developed to help individuals and water managers in developing countries with precipitation estimation and flood and drought monitoring and forecasting...

17 Sep 2015 LUSAKA, Zambia

SADC Tops Global Water Cooperation Ranking

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) ranks at the top of a global comparison of indicators of water cooperation, SADC Water Sector communications expert Barbara Lopi said in a statement this week.India-based international think tank Strategic Foresight Group’s (SFG) Water Cooperation Quotient Index 2015 gave the SADC a Water Cooperation Quotient score of 100...

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27 Aug 2015 WASHINGTON, DC, United States

Thirty-Three Countries Could Face High Water Stress in 2040: WRI

Thirty-three countries could face extremely high water stress in 2040, according to a new analysis by the World Resources Institute (WRI).In its Aqueduct Projected Water Stress Country Rankings, WRI used a variety ofclimate models and socioeconomic scenarios to score and rank future water stress in 167 countries by 2020, 2030, and 2040 under business-as-usual, pessimistic and optimistic scenarios...

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17 Apr 2015 WASHINGTON, DC, United States

Technology Can Go a Long Way Toward Reducing Water Scarcity: World Bank Panel

Technological solutions such as desalination, wastewater reuse and rainwater harvesting can go a long way to alleviate water shortages around the world, according to experts participating in a World Bank panel discussion on April 16th.The panel, “Water Security for All in a World of Scarcity,” facilitated by Junais Kamal Ahmad, Senior Director for Water at the World Bank Group, included representatives from the utility sector, civil society and policy managers...

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21 Jan 2015 WINDHOEK

Namibian Capital's Reservoirs Running Low

Dams supplying water to Windhoek residents continue dropping with current combined water levels standing at 32.1 percent compared to 35.8 percent during the corresponding period last year. This development was announced in the latest weekly dam bulletin issued by NamWater. This shows a significant decrease in the dam level of 13...

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5 Jan 2015 WINDHOEK

Namibian Dams Running Dry

The possibility of water shortages in Windhoek started off this year, with very little rain recorded as well as severe drop in water levels in the three dams that supply the city, according to the latest NamWater dam bulletin. The delay in the rain along with continuing heatwaves and dropping water levels have raised fears at the City of Windhoek, because the three dams supplying the 330 000 Windhoek residents only have a combined total volume of 46 percent, prompting the city fathers to urge for an immediate 10 percent reduction in water usage among residents...

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