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Article: Namibia: NamWater to Consult on Desalination Plant - by Desie Heita.
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- Article date:
- January 28, 2009
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Byline: sanjayc03
National water utility company, NamWater, will soon start public consultative meetings on the desalination plant at the coast. NamWater plans to commission the construction of the desalination plant next year. The national water utility would kick off consultation meetings with a public consultation in Swakopmund on February 5.
A uranium boom in the Erongo Region has given rise to the demand for fresh water, forcing NamWater to go back to its shelved plan to construct a desalination plant. Estimates are that the uranium mines in Erongo, some of which would come on stream in 2010, would consume about 53 million cubic metres per annum, a ...