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June 15, 2005
Water Rationing Hits Hard at Opuwo
All these articles about the world wide water shortages, on a planet that is mostly water, reminds me of that old saying "so much water, but none to drink." What a human tradgedy!
Opuwo, Namibian school children cannot use the toilets at the school, and businesses must hire trucks to get water, as water rationing enters its third month.
Failure to pay NamWater around N$260 000 in unpaid debts has forced the Opuwo Council to make the drastic threat of repossessing houses unless residents pay up.
Opuwo Mayor Uaurikua Kakuva, who is also the principal of a primary school at the town, describes the situation as "really terrible".
Kakuva said "the poor quality of water also made it difficult to convince residents to pay for it, but that on the other hand the town could not expect to enter into discussions with NamWater to improve the supply, if it wasn't paying for its provision", as reported by
The Namibian.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at June 15, 2005 05:47 PM
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