{"id":282801,"date":"2019-10-31T19:29:36","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T17:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=282801"},"modified":"2019-10-31T19:29:39","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T17:29:39","slug":"namwaters-water-canal-is-crumbling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=282801","title":{"rendered":"NamWater&#8217;s water canal is crumbling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Placido Hiluklwa<\/p>\n<p>The Namibia Water Corporation&#8217;s water canal between Ogongo in the Omusati Region and the purification plant at Oshakati in the Oshana Region &#8211; which is the lifeline for the northern regions &#8211; is crumbling either because it has reached the limit of its lifespan or lack of proper maintenance or poor workmanship by the constructors.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The impending rainy season is expected to exacerbate NamWater&#8217;s woes when dirty water from oshanas starts flowing into the canal.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During May this year the northern region of Namibia went into a water shortage situation when urgent repair and rehabilitation work had to be done on the canal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-282802\" data-id=\"282802\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/72727539_2546522508748027_4884878996816265216_n.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/72727539_2546522508748027_4884878996816265216_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/72727539_2546522508748027_4884878996816265216_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/72727539_2546522508748027_4884878996816265216_n-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Photos: Placido Hilukilwa<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-282803\" data-id=\"282803\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/75580504_2546522465414698_5130605182605852672_n.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/75580504_2546522465414698_5130605182605852672_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/75580504_2546522465414698_5130605182605852672_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/75580504_2546522465414698_5130605182605852672_n-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Photos: Placido Hilukilwa<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"js_2\" class=\"_5pbx userContent _3576\" data-testid=\"post_message\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<p>Although supply to the main water purification works in Oshakati has not been interrupted yet, the dilapidation of the canal could easily lead to another situation where water would have to be rationed while repair work is done.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>NamWater officials at Oshakati were not able to say if any repair works are being planned at the moment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":282802,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-282801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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